All Wheel Steer was Audi vs Subi

[Lawrence C Leung]

I've seen only one Rally Golf and one Passat Syncro stateside. Too bad.
I've always been intrigued by a Passat Syncro, particularly wagon. I
think that would be a neat car to TDI.

LL - NY

On Wed, 1 Nov 2000 00:08:29 -0500 "Rave Racer 2000" <Ravewar at home.com>
writes:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>
>To: Rave Racer 2000 <Ravewar at home.com>
>Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 2:10 PM
>Subject: Re: All Wheel Steer was Audi vs Subi
>
>
>>
>>
>> Rave Racer 2000 wrote:
>>
>> >         Wasn't the 2.0L 16V offered over there?  I think that was 
>132hp
>> > w/cat.
>>
>> The 2,0 16v was available in the 1991-94 Passat GL & GT and Corrado 
>with
>136
>> hp, and in the Golf 3 GTI 16V and Passat GT 1994-1997 with 150 hp.
>>
>        The 16V was in the Golf  MK3?  Not here.  The A3 Golf GTI's 
>had the
>VR6's in them when they came out, but otherwise were just 2.0 8V's 
>until
>that time.  Our Passats didn't have 150hp!  I wish!  I think that the
>restrictions on our Passats suffocated them quite a bit.  Out 
>Corrado's only
>came out later then Europe when the G60's were made available, we 
>never got
>the 16V Corrado.  That would have been cool to work on and simpler for 
>the
>backyard tuners.  I still find myself explaining the strange setup of 
>the
>VR6 to experienced mechanics.  Simple minds don't seem to be able to 
>grasp
>how it could work and accuse me of not knowing what I'm talking 
>about.
>
>> The G60 was available in the Golf GTI, the Rallye Golf, the Corrado 
>and
>the
>> Passat GT Syncro. The latter were sold in a few handfulls in 
>Canada.
>>
>        I've heard of people importing the Rallye golf but I've never 
>seen
>one.  We never got any of the AWD VW's on the smaller frames, and the
>Quantum is rare in any of the setups that it came in.  Again, I've 
>never
>seen the Syncro Passats but have heard of them in their rarity.
>
>                    RR
>