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

[Dave Forgie]

Rich:  Your "theory" is probably correct.  I have a 96 S6 Volkswagen Canada
(Audi) brochure in my hands and under the drive train section,  in addition
to talking about the Torsen center diff, it says "Hypoid gear front/rear
differential with electronic differential lock"  (EDL).  Unfortunately, the
1995 brochure that I have does not say anything other than mentioning the
Torsen center diff.  But it would make sense  to me that the 95.5 = 96 =
EDL.   Dave F.

Rich Assarabowski wrote:

> 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.