RE: Spotting an A4Q

[Silvio Gordiani <gordiani@torino.ALPcom.it>]

Hi,

It's really simple to tell the difference between an A4Q and a non-quattro A4:
Quattros have exterior mirrors and door handles painted with the same color
of the bodywork, whereas on the non-quattros they're black.
According to the Audi A4 advertising brochure the wheelbase of the quattro
is 4 millimeters "longer" than the non-quattro (2607 and 2603). That's
because the rear suspension is completely different.

Silvio Gordiani
'96 A4 1.8

>-----Original Message-----
From: "Ed Hanway" <hanway@grouse.london.cinesite.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 17:17:54 +0100
Subject: Spotting an A4Q

On business in the UK (unfortunately I had to leave my new A4Q in the states),
I've noticed a lot of Audi's, BMW's, Mercs, etc. in the UK don't have the
usual bunch of emblems with engine displacement, etc.  Why?  It also has me
wondering: without looking at the obvious "quattro" emblems, is there any easy
way to tell the difference, at a distance, between an A4Q and a non-quattro A4?
I know the wheelbase of the quattro is 0.4 inches shorter, but that's not
exactly easy to spot at a distance.

- -- 
Ed Hanway
hanway@kodak.com