Tag: B8

  • Market Find: Tailored Audi Q5 on a First Car Budget

    Market Find: Tailored Audi Q5 on a First Car Budget

    What: 2010 Audi Q5 3.2 quattro
    Color: Unconfirmed Orange, Believed to Be Glut Orange a.k.a. Solar Orange
    VIN: WA1LKAFP9AA089980
    Mileage: 179,226 miles
    Price: $5,900
    CarFax: N/A
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Pine Island, MN
    Link: Legacy Rides

    When you venture into the world of old and miled-up cars, finding anything tailored is a bit of a discovery. In this world of sub-$10K cars, what you find tends to be worn and thus not always the most pristine. Even still, a tailored find is a tailored find and would make a great first car for someone seeking something unique.

    Rather unsurprisingly, the used car lot in Minnesota that lists this car does not list the color. We ran a quick internal check and are not finding a known color code, the contents of that field on this car (99) likely not any color at all. So, we didn’t list a color above. Even still, we think we know what it is.

    In period, Audi was known to produce S and RS cars in an orange known both as Solar Orange or Glut Orange. They’re the same color code (LY2G / 3F). We’re 99% sure that’s this color, but haven’t been able to confirm it outright.

    As for the rest of this 179K mile Q5, that orange paint is most interestingly paired with brown leather. The car shows some wear on those seats, and it appears to have some light paint damage on the rear bumper. Honestly though, an in person inspection and and pre-purchase inspection (PPI) would be the best move on any car this age.

  • Market Find: 2010 Audi exclusive Solar Orange S4 Sedan

    Market Find: 2010 Audi exclusive Solar Orange S4 Sedan

    What: 2010 Audi S4
    Color: Audi exclusive Solar Orange (non-metallic UNI; LY2G; Audi)
    VIN: WAUMGAFL7AA093077
    Mileage: 27,600
    Price at Time of this Writing: $20,000
    CarFax: N/A
    Window Sticker: Pictured below
    Location: Fountain Inn, SC
    Auction listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    Incredibly rare early Audi exclusive build in Solar Orange with impossibly uncommon Tuscan Brown two-tone seats, low miles and a 6 speed manual transmission… what’s not to love? Found on Cars and Bids, this Tailored Driver represents an easy (and maybe cheap!) way of getting into something unique while not suffering the parts availability issues that come with proper rarity. Imagine not springing the extra $2,500(!!!) for an exclusive build on your new Audi back in 2010… couldn’t be us.