Re: 1995 S6 Green Q Wagon

[steve@ipecac.engr.sgi.com (Steve Valin)]

John Coffey <jfoxhunt@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> I have always belived that this lot was
> the so called "95.5" version as they were really '96s, but some dumb ass
> at Audi decided not to import the S-6 in '96 so they called them '95s.
> I know that the S-6 would not have met the clean air rules of '97, but
> why Audi jumped the gun by a year, I will never know.......

Probably has something to do with OBD II, a new requirement for 1996 cars.
Since Audi had planned to pull the plug on the 5 cyl engine, it wouldn't
have been worth it for them to spend the $$$ in development costs to meet
the OBD II standards for such a short time.

-steve