RE: what was first year of the A8 in the US?

["TM" <mizutanit@mindspring.com>]

Steve,
You're off by a year- the promo vehicles toured in 1996 and the A8
was available for MY 1997. '97 A8s had a non-Tiptronic 4 spd. auto,
the only year for that tranny. '98s went to the 5-spd. Tip. A8s were
out in Europe in 1995.

Heck, I _drove_ a Euro-spec. A8 in summer of '96 in the USA.

Taka Mizutani

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Sachelle Babbar
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 1:05 PM
To: JordanVw@aol.com
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Subject: Re: what was first year of the A8 in the US?


By the way, I do have the 95 catalog and 95 us v8 posters.

A8's were out in Europe in 97, but we never got them here until a couple
of years after. AoA was extensively testing them through their dealer
network (as I saw and questioned my local dealer friend) and I saw the
promo vehicles in late 97. They were very obviously test/show vehicles.

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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
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On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Sachelle Babbar wrote:

> V8-1995 I think the number sold for 95 were in the single digits, if not,
> 1.
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> A8-1998 late, possible for 99 model year.
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> *Steve                                             Sachelle Babbar
> *'87  5000CS Turbo 5spd 1.3-2.0 bar             <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
> *Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
> *
> *Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
> *personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
> *your results may vary from mine."
>
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> On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
>
> > when did the V8 models cease here in the US and the A8 models begin to
be
> > sold?
> >
> > thanks-
> > chris
> >
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