Re: 99 A6 avant impression

["Lawson, Dave" <dlawson@ball.com>]

>
    Bumped into a former co-worker last night and got the skinny on the
new
A6 Avant. She reports that the new rear seats (3rd row) are worse than
the
previous generation. By this, I took it to mean that customers that came
in
driving 98 and older A6 wagons were not impressed by the new rear seats.
Apparently the primary reason is that the new rear seats do not fold
flat
and they are cumbersome to remove. 
>

I saw a new avant at Stammler in Boulder yesterday, black with Moab red
dirt
(terracotta?) colored interior. The 3rd seat looks like a real cludge. I
thought that 
maybe the dealer needed to finish up and install it so it would fit
flush, but maybe 
not. It doesn't look nearly as integrated as the 92-98 100/A6/S6 3rd
seat.

-
Dave 
90 200 tq avant
83 ur-q