A6 4.2L - pros and cons?

[Mark J. Besso]

I think the big deal with aluminum on the original V8Q was they used it for 
the engine block.  I believe all previous Audis used cast iron blocks.

For major chassis use of aluminum it would be the intro of the A8 as far as 
production cars.  I think they experimented with it for the Quattro Spyder 
concept car for both chassis and engine block in the early '90s.

~Mark



On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:26:12 -0500
  "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:

  You're not talking about prototypes or race cars, right?
  
  '94- that's when the A8 was introduced in Europe.
  
  BTW, the C5 chassis A6 4.2 has an aluminum hood and I think the front
  fenders as well.
  
  Taka
  
  
  On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Tihol Tiholov <t.tiholov at gmail.com>
wrote:
  
> While we're on the subject:
> When did the Alum. bodies showed up first on Audi's?
> Someone in western Canada claims to have a '93 with such, I thought 
>it was
> a
> bit early, so ...
> TIA,
> Tihol
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