Treser Audi 200 Liner at a glance
- Name
- Treser Audi 200 Liner
- Introduction
- 1984, according to 1000SEL
- Starting point
- Audi 100 Avant
- Production total
- Not established by the cited research
Historical details are attributed to the archive below; this is not an individual vehicle specification sheet.
The story
The Treser Audi 200 Liner was an independent interpretation of an Audi luxury wagon, rather than simply a factory Audi 200 Avant wearing different wheels. 1000SEL’s history dates its introduction to 1984 and describes a combination of Audi 100 Avant and Audi 200 elements.
The distinction matters: the project began with an existing Audi 100 Avant wagon body, not a sedan converted into a long roof. The archive presents the Liner as Treser’s answer to a gap in the Audi range. That historical description should not be confused with a claim that every later Audi 200 Avant was connected to Treser.
Why this long roof matters
The most interesting question is not whether the Liner looks more dramatic than a standard Audi. It is how an independent specialist interpreted a familiar body style. Starting with a wagon and giving it a different luxury identity is a different exercise from creating an entirely new roof and cargo compartment.
For WAGHOON readers, that makes the Liner a useful counterpoint to the Lynx Eventer. Both belong in a discussion of specialist long roofs, but their routes to the finished car are not interchangeable.
What is documented—and what still needs evidence
A Liner description is not enough to establish an individual car’s engine, drivetrain, date of conversion or originality. Those details need a build record, period invoice or other documentation tied to the actual vehicle. We do not assign a production total or a universal performance specification where the cited material does not establish one.
As an identification checklist, compare the vehicle’s paperwork with dated photographs and the archive description. A badge, body kit or seller’s description should be the beginning of that investigation, not its conclusion. This is an editorial research suggestion, not a finding about any particular surviving car.
Sources and photographic provenance
Historical research: 1000SEL — Treser Audi 200 Liner. The link leads to an external archive, not a WAGHOON vehicle listing.
Photograph credits and original sources
The linked photograph is titled “Liner” on Dennis Matthies’s own Flickr photostream. The photographer identifies the car as a 1984 Treser/Audi Liner at Technorama Hildesheim. It is displayed from Flickr and remains all rights reserved; it is not included as a downloadable image file or labeled with a Creative Commons license.
Original photograph and attribution record
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