what's 0-60 for the 95 S6? n/m

Brett Dikeman brett at cloud9.net
Fri Jan 11 19:53:03 EST 2002


Accidentally hit reply instead of reply-all...

>Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:28:24 -0500
>To: <rowe at yankeeprinter.com>
>From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
>Subject: Re: what's 0-60 for the 95 S6? n/m
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>I -think- its slightly faster than the 200q20v...but Audi's figures
>for the 200q20v(and many other models) have been widely disputed as
>optimistic.  The "official" time is 6.5 seconds for the 200q20v; the
>S6 should be in very close company since it is both slightly heavier
>and slightly more powerful.  The '00 S4 is around 5.9-6.0 I think?
>
>Part of the problem is that the outside air temp can -drastically-
>affect performance, and may explain the wide results between Audi
>and various magazines; I think I saw everything from 7 seconds to
>under the 6.5 claimed by Audi.  If Audi tested in brisk 40 degree
>weather, and C&D tests in more like 70-80 degree temps, that'll
>explain a lot...
>
>hth,
>
>Brett

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