RE: $6

["Spire, Ed" <ed.spire@missioncritical.com>]

I am not an expert on this stuff, but the quattro system has gone through
several generations of design.  I think the one used on the 95 model was the
2nd generation, and the design had a switch the driver could use to lock a
differential, causing the system to distribute power evenly front/rear I
think regardless of road conditions.  You were supposed to use it if you got
stuck in mud, I think...

The 96 models (i.e. the 95.5 S model for the US) had the next generation
quattro system which did not have this switch for some reason.  Apparently
they thought the system was now smart enough to know what to do under
various conditions without manual input.  Or maybe they just took it out
because folks never knew when to use it properly.

There are lotsa folks out there more qualified than myself to answer this
question.

-----Original Message-----
From: kubychec@comm.mot.com [mailto:kubychec@comm.mot.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 9:17 AM
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Cc: ed.spire@missioncritical.com
Subject: RE: $6


> Increased again by 9%, which is half the increase that a 96 A6Q wagon gets
> over a 95 A6Q wagon (to account for it being a 95.5, with the better
quattro
> system, the radio controlled remote locking that actually does work up to
30
> feet, etc.)


How did the quattro system improve for this model?