Re: S6 and A8

["Tom Forhan" <TFORHAN@hr.house.gov>]

     The five cylinder turbo engine cannot meet 1996 model emission
     specs. They also failed the 1995 California tests, so
     you could not get one there this year (possibly in Mass as well).
     Seems the five is at the end of its development life, at least
     here in the US. Is the S6 still going to be available in Europe?

     I'll bet the magazine transposed the 3 and 4 in the price paid -
     $43K seems about right, unless they really could not move them,
     $34 is 8 grand below  dealers cost. On the other hand, if they did
     have to price S6 at $34K to move them, thats why we wont see
     many more super sporty Audis.

     Tom F.
     90 200 TQW IA Stage I
     90 Syncro Westie


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Subject: S6 and A8
Author:  QUATTROOWNER (INTERNET.QUATTROO) at HR
Date:    11/23/95 12:29 PM


Recently, I have read that Audi will stop importing the S6 to the
U.S. because the arrival of the A8, and that the A8 will serve as
the flagship Audi.  Does this apply only to the U.S.?  It seems to
me that both cars will appeal to a different market segmant:  S6 to
the sport sedan group and the A8 to the luxury sedan group.  Why is
Audi pulling the plug on the S6?

     (snip)

One last thing, in the last Autoweek, they had an owners survey of
S6 owners.  One of the questions that was asked was:  How much did
you pay.  According to the survey the average was about $34k.  I am
sure that this was a misprint, but if others have relavent info
please respond, because I might be in the market for a new one right
now!

Randall Markarian
1990 V8 Quattro