Enter the 17-character VIN of your Audi A8 to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
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Enter the 17-character VIN of an Audi A8 and the free decoder reads out the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture, with no registration needed. Our data lists 18 versions of the Audi A8, from the D2 (4D) to the D5 including the Long variants, with model years from 1994 to the present, all as a sedan and with power from 150 to 500 hp.
What a VIN does not hold is the car's past: accidents, mileage, theft and previous owners are not in it, and that information comes from a paid vehicle history report. When you are looking at a specific car, compare the model year the decoder returns with the year in the advertisement and the registration papers.
1994 - present
Production years
150 - 500 hp
Power
1
Body styles
18
Versions
Versions and generations in our data. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
| Version | Years | Body | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audi A8 (D2, 4D) | 1994 - 1998 | Sedan | 150 - 300 hp |
| Audi A8 (D2, 4D, facelift 1998) | 1998 - 2002 | Sedan | 150 - 310 hp |
| Audi A8 Long (D2, 4D, facelift 1999) | 1999 - 2002 | Sedan | 310 - 420 hp |
| Audi A8 (D3, 4E) | 2002 - 2007 | Sedan | 220 - 450 hp |
| Audi A8 Long (D3, 4E) | 2002 - 2005 | Sedan | 220 - 450 hp |
| Audi A8 (D3, 4E, facelift 2005) | 2005 - 2007 | Sedan | 233 - 450 hp |
| Audi A8 Long (D3, 4E, facelift 2005) | 2005 - 2007 | Sedan | 233 - 450 hp |
| Audi A8 (D3, 4E, facelift 2007) | 2007 - 2010 | Sedan | 210 - 350 hp |
| Audi A8 Long (D3, 4E, facelift 2007) | 2007 - 2010 | Sedan | 233 - 450 hp |
| Audi A8 (D4, 4H) | 2010 - 2013 | Sedan | 204 - 420 hp |
| Audi A8 Long (D4, 4H) | 2010 - 2013 | Sedan | 204 - 500 hp |
| Audi A8 (D4,4H facelift 2013) | 2013 - 2017 | Sedan | 211 - 435 hp |
| Audi A8 Long (D4,4H facelift 2013) | 2013 - 2017 | Sedan | 211 - 500 hp |
| Audi A8 (D5) | 2017 - 2021 | Sedan | 286 - 460 hp |
| Audi A8 Long (D5) | 2017 - 2021 | Sedan | 286 - 460 hp |
| Audi A8 (D5, facelift 2021) | 2021 - present | Sedan | 286 - 460 hp |
| Audi A8 Long (D5, facelift 2021) | 2021 - present | Sedan | 286 - 460 hp |
| Audi A8 Long Horch (D5, facelift 2021) | 2021 - 2024 | Sedan | 340 - 460 hp |
The 10th character of the VIN is the model year. For the Audi A8, with model years 1994 - present in our data, these are the characters to expect. The letters repeat every 30 years, so always confirm the year against the car itself.
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
Our data lists model years 1994 - present across 18 versions of the Audi A8. The VIN of a particular car shows its model year in the 10th character.
It is the 10th character. For the Audi A8 the characters to expect are 3 (2003), 4 (2004), 5 (2005), 6 (2006), 7 (2007), 8 (2008), 9 (2009), A (2010), B (2011), C (2012), D (2013), E (2014), F (2015), G (2016), H (2017), J (2018), K (2019), L (2020), M (2021), N (2022), P (2023), R (2024), S (2025), T (2026).
18 versions, in 1 body style, with power up to 500 hp. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
The decoder gives you the model year, which is the 10th character of the VIN, and you can set it against the version names in our data, such as Audi A8 (D3, 4E, facelift 2007) or Audi A8 (D4,4H facelift 2013). It does not name the exact version or tell a standard A8 from an Audi A8 Long, so confirm that with the registration papers.
Check that all 17 characters match exactly on the car, the registration document and the sales paperwork. The model year and country of manufacture the decoder returns should also fit what the seller tells you. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, so if one shows up, something was misread or copied wrongly.
It will not show accidents, mileage, theft or how many owners the car has had, because none of that is stored in the VIN. It also does not give equipment details or the engine output of the individual car, even though our data covers 150 to 500 hp across the A8 versions.