when did vw/Audi go to the "drive-by-wire" instead of the throttle cable?

[Sean Ford]

If I'm not mistaken, the '98 A6 was introduced with DBW. I'm fairly certain
it's in place on my '99 A6 2.8. 

--- JordanVw at aol.com wrote:
> anyone know when vw/audi changed over to the "drive by wire"  instead of the 
> throttle cable?   this is probably half the reason for the hesitation...  
> my '86 audi 5000 turbo automatic has more pep off the line than a brand new 
> 1.8T automatic passat/A4.....


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Sean Ford
1999 A6 2.8q tip | 1992 100CS non-q 5-spd
http://registry.audiworld.com/audiworld/registry/details.asp?car=9728

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