Re: US Audis - timing of safety features

[John Coffey <jfoxhunt@ix.netcom.com>]

Bryan Bowen wrote:
> 
> A 1992 publication by Audi states that the 100-series has a 5-star
> rating for both the driver and passinger--the highest rating given.
> 
> -Bryan
> 
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Bryan Bowen * Elon College, NC * 910.538.3702 * boweb4p0@numen.elon.edu
> International Business Major/Spanish Minor
> 
> '86 CGT Comm. Ed. (deceased)
> '84 GMC Starcraft Conversion Van (My Mom's OK)
> Looking for that "priced right" Coupe Quattro
> 
> On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Sean Ford wrote:
> 
> > I've read of the '91's crashworthiness, I believe, on the NTHSA page, is
> > this also true of the '92 100? It would seem funny to me that a newer model
> > would give up something in the crashworthiness area to an older model?
All of the full size Audis (5000, 100/200, and A-6/S-6 have always had
the  best head injury score... the new models have 5 star for drive and
passenger..before the star rating system the feds used a number score,
Audis was so low that it beat all cars in it class including Volvo, BMW,
MB and all of the US and Japanese cars. The media keep this good news a
secret because up until recently it was fasionable for the media to make
up bad news on Audi....