Hi all, hope we are all OK.

I had to order a new rear spring for my 2009 A4 Avant. My understanding is its the 8K5 version and I found a suitable part on ebay.

The seller asked for the VIN to check and I sent him the VIN. He said I'd ordered the wrong one and would send the correct part. Turns out the part he sent is for the saloon.

Now, the middle of the VIN is...

8K99A2

And putting the full VIN in an online decoder it says it's a saloon! I'm guessing the 2 in the code is where we get the 8K2 reference for the saloon vehicle.

So question is why does my Avant have an 8K2 VIN?

Richard