[s-cars] S-cars: 95 vs 95.5 vs 96 vs 97

[Rich Assarabowski]

OK, so hat's the positive way of identifying a 95.5 vs. 95?  I've seen
cars advertised as 95.5 that did not meet the serial number criteria
(122xxx, I believe).  Is the EDL (lack of diff lock switch) the
determining feature of a 95.5??

-- Rich A.

>Donald:  The S6's do have solid headrests.  The first S6's (95's) have
"SN" VIN numbers.  The factory had a few left over >S4 parts (e.g. four
spoke steering wheel, five spoke wheels, etc.) that they used up early
in the model run, e.g. August 
>and September 1994.  All the later S6's had the three spoke sport
steering wheel and the six-spoke "Avus" wheels.
>
>The "95.5" cars are basically 96 spec cars.  We got them in Canada as
"TN" VIN numbered cars, i.e. as 1996 S6's.  In the 
>States, they were introducing OBD II diagnostic requirements and, since
Audi knew that the S6 was going to be phased out 
>in the 1998 model year, they didn't want to bother with all the cost to
do this for a few cars for two years.  Instead, 
>they issued the US "96" S6's as "95.5"s with the 1995  "SN" VIN
numbers.