Been searching and can't seem to find the info anywhere? "88 wagon specifically." Thanks.

DL was a base model. GL was a step up with more options and GL-10 was the turbo, top of the line power windows, better stereo and more additional optional equipment. There's a little more to it than that, but I don't remember all the specifics though I don't believe the EA82 series cars came with a DL badge. Others will chime in.

I know my 93 loyale 4x4 stnwgn now has a luxury intermittent wiper accessory.. my singna hih/low.neam cluster was screwed up so I peeled one off a dl... as far as I know my loyale didn't come standard with that option.

It changed every year. GL-10 does not necessarily mean turbo. They are trim designations and they proceed STD, DL, GL, GL-5, GL-10, etc from lowest trim to highest trim. Back in the early 80's there were also Dl-5's, and some other weird badges. You can't make an exact list of features based on badging. Generally you don't get a tach till you hit GL models. That's about the only consistent feature.

 

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Edited March 26, 20179 yr by GeneralDisorder

I did not know GL-10 was not necessarily a turbo. Interesting since I've never seen one that wasn't and good to know so I don't assume they all are.

Well GL-10 badging preceeded the first 83 turbo models and often the EA81 turbo was available both as a GL or a GL-10. The later having a digi-dash and the former analog from what I've seen. The badging is very year sensitive so you can only say that it's generally a higher level of trim package but what exactly that meant for a given year of a given body style is highly irregular.

 

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GD, I think you might be mistaken on the EA81 GL-10 and Turbo info.  I've got some documents to scan and share...