C4 transmission manual#

C4 transmission manual#

The vehicle was available with a standard six-speed manual transmission (five-speed only in North America) and with the four-plus-one-speed automatic (the fifth 'gear' called a 'lockup' gear, what reduced the RPM by ~400 at highway speed with cruise control on) as well, with the Audi's dynamic Torsen T-1 quattro permanent four-wheel drive system.Īudi made a high-performance, 4.2-litre V8 engine (parts code prefix: 077, identification code: AEC) with a Bosch Motronic ECU available as an option in the original European S4s, and made the decision to continue to do so with the S6, making a 213 kW (290 PS 286 bhp) version of the 4.2 available as an optional upgrade over the 2.2-litre inline five-cylinder turbo. Audi's trademark ' procon-ten' safety system was standard fitment.įrom its launch in late 1994, the Audi S6 was powered by a 2,226 cubic centimetres (135.8 cu in) turbocharged inline five-cylinder petrol engine (parts code prefix: 034, identification code: AAN) with a Bosch Motronic electronic engine control unit (ECU), producing a motive power output of 169 kW (230 PS 227 bhp) at 5,900 rpm, and 326 N⋅m (240 lbf⋅ft) at around 1,950 rpm, whilst consuming high octane 'Super Plus' 98RON unleaded petrol. It was available as both a saloon/sedan ( typ 4A5), and an 'Avant' ( typ 4A9) ( estate/wagon) to European and United States customers, but only as a saloon in Canada, Asia and Australia. As this was the first S6 model from Audi, it is sometimes referred to as the Ur-S6, derived from the German augmentive, ' Ursprünglich' (meaning: original). Wanting to keep a sports-saloon in their lineup, the company made small revisions to what was previously known as the Audi S4, renaming it the Audi S6 the S4 name would eventually be re-used for a completely different model derived from Audi's smaller Volkswagen Group B platform-based Audi A4. The S6, like all Audi 'S' models, is fitted as standard with Audi's trademark quattro four-wheel drive (4WD) system, the S6 using the Torsen-based permanent 4WD.Īudi was restructuring their model lineup in early and mid-1990s, and in late 1994, began selling the fifth generation (C4) Audi 100 model, re-badged as the Audi A6. In certain markets where the even-higher performance RS6 (which is also based on the A6) is not sold, the S6 is the most powerful A6 trim there.

The original S6 was largely the same car as the outgoing, original Audi S4 (C4) ( Ur-S4), with the only visible differences being new body-cladding and badging.

It went on sale in 1994, shortly after the ' A6' designation was introduced, replacing the ' 100' nameplate. The Audi S6 is the performance variant of the Audi A6, an executive car produced by German automaker Audi.