[s-cars] re: Just took delivery of 2nd S6

[Lee Levitt]

Ken asks:
>
>
> That reminds me of a question I have about those types of cars.
> I may have already asked it before, but don't recall what the answer was.
>
> On the Avants, isn't the area behind the back seats a crumple
> zone?  It is on the sedans, right?
>
> It just seems strange to put child seats back there.  But maybe
> it's not a crumple zone?

I don't have any facts about the Audi, but I have had this conversation with
factory people at Volvo, and their wagons do *not* have a rear crumple zone,
whereas their sedans do.

I'd expect that Audi, MB and BMW follow the same strategy, but I have no
facts to back this up :)

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant