[200q20v] Re: FAw contact made!!!

[Larry C Leung]

Tell me more! Count me in on your numbers. Just test drove an A4 3.0 6sp
quattro. Nice car. Lots of grunt, nimble, good turn in, okay grip (hard
to explore with salesman and Taka in the car), but the thing I missed was
the horsepower up high that my I-5 T (chipped) provides. Still, the new
A4 is getting much closer to the ideal that I'd seek. In the meantime, I
guess I'm keeping the 200Q for quite awhile, so that means I most
definitely will be needing parts (it IS a type 44 you know!).

LL - NY

On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:07:59 +0100 "paul fernandes"
<paulfern2000 at yahoo.com> writes:
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>To all Audi fans around the globe,
>Some of you have heard of the Words FAW are probably familiar with
>what it means and what it about for those that are not on the Audi
>fans list I would will explain shortly, FAW is a Automotive
>manufacturer in China that "today" still build type 44 cars 100/200
>(they also built some V8's a while back) for sale in the Asian market
>mainly China...
>
>The last year or so I have been gathering information on these cars
>and whythere is almost none or very little information on these cars
>around, I have discovered basically That FAW (also Hongqi) is a also
>Controlled by non-other than AUDI themselves..
>
>The point of this all is this I have now established a solid contact
>with these people concerning parts for our cars (mostly the  type44
>models 100/200/V8 and it seems they are willing sell parts for these
>things....as some of you know replacement parts from the dealer alone
>are priced ridiculous.. and some parts places around the globe have
>taken an advantage of this to give what they call a "substantial
>discount" sometimes as high as 15% to 30%which some of us thought WOW
>that's cheap....well do I have some news for you all..
>
>I the last months and the various discussions with the FAW/ Hongqi
>suppliers in China they have told me that they currently supply some
>of these partssupply chains as well as even Audi parts alone in
>Europe!!! In some cases I have noted as much as 300% profit on
>parts...
>
>Ok, where do I want to go with this, with this message I would like to
>knowfrom any one of you out there is interested in parts for your cars
>at ridiculous prices. (please send your comments not to the list but
>to me off-thediscussion)
>What I am planning is the following: I want to start bringing parts
>over from China for these cars but for me to do this and make a living
>I also needto know how many of you are interested, unfortunally these
>suppliers are not interested in shipping 10 or even 20 parts at a time
>so I have to find means of finding interest and establishing numbers
>to go forth with this idea.
>
>Also In my discussions I also found the FAW/Hongi upgraded their cars
>with automotive systems for today, for example the HVAC case is the
>same as in our cars but is set up for r134a refrig systems , so r/d's
>accumulators, compressors are all switched over for this use. They
>Also have for example a HID projector headlight system for the type 44
>models (audi100) similar to the A6 system, they also have options on
>the bodies like the 200 20v Fendersfront and read
>available which makes a nice upgrade for any 100 200 with the wheel
>flare..the list goes on and on and on...sport seats, windows with
>polarization...etc..
>
>Now it does not stop here supposedly in conversations with the various
>suppliers they inform me that they can also reproduce most if not all
>the partsoff these cars including the V8's,  I asked for example about
>the DTM spoiler which allot of us are after and even if this is
>possible, they have told me that this possible but numbers matter
>after all tooling up this for only 20 or so is not realistic.
>
>I ask any one that is interested once again to contact me if you have
>interest in any or have specific items you are interested in to
>contact me off the list to my e-mail..I will be most likely going to
>Shanghai by the end ofnext month what ever I information I gather from
>you will be raised with these people..
>
> Just incase some one out there might ask what kind of prices are we
>looking at...OK OK
>I will give one remember however these are prices delivered to a
>central location for distribution (wholesale) shipping to the final
>customer and taxes if applicable must be added:
>-the rear light bar v8 (red) complete ( 3 piece) 2 outer corners and
>the trunk piece .............34 dollars or about 34 euro..
>
>Paul Fernandes
>Luxembourg-Europe
>
>I apologize to any of you and the list for the inconvenience of this
>e-mail
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