Vacillating between 90 Quattro and Coupe Quattro

[Tom Nas]

"Mark W. Byrum, Jr." <markbyrum at erols.com> wrote:

>As respects structural rigidity, I was speculating that since the CQ was, in
>the rear, an open bay with a hatch and the sedan has cross-members at the rear
>seats with a smaller trunk opening, the sedan would be stronger.  But I also
>note that the sedan is lighter by a couple hundred pounds.  Perhaps more
>strengthening went into the CQ since it is more of an "open tub" in the 
>rear as
>opposed to the Coupe's conventional trunk.  You also have two additional doors
>and associated hardware to deal with in the sedan, and yet it is lighter.

Drive both, take a couple of spirited 'quattro' turns, then evaluate.

For me, the sedan is much more rigid resulting in crisper turn-in and more 
fun when negotiating the twisties. I've driven a few, and there is a 
definite difference in rigidity between individual Coupes.

BTW, downside of the 20v's increased power is the complete banishing of the 
old I-5 trait of incredible low-end torque. Nothing much happens below 3500 
rpm. A lot of fun is to be had above that, though- and the 20v sounds a lot 
sportier than the 10v.

Tom

PS If you need to carry even moderate amounts of luggage every now and 
then, the sedan's trunk is pretty useless. You can just about forget a road 
trip with two people, unless you use the back seat.