All Wheel Steer was Audi vs Subi

[John Naitove]

I had a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 the first of 2 years they sold them here.
Besides AWD it had rear steer up to 1.5° in the direction the car was
steering.  The result was that you could make an abrupt steering change (as to
avoid a piece of retread on a highway) at high speed without upsetting the
balance of the car at all. Surprised we don't see it more.

John Naitove

Rave Racer 2000 wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lawrence C Leung <l.leung at juno.com>
> To: <Ravewar at home.com>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Audi vs. Subaru used cars
>
> > >        There's probably a passive system on alot of older cars to
> > >that we
> > >don't know about.
> >
> >
> > FWIW - passive rear steer existed (and was advertised) in the Porsche 928
> > way back in .... 1978 as the Weissach Axle,  and the A2 chassis Golf
> > GTi/Jetta GLi (1985-1992) advertised it's passive rear steer (done by
> > special bushing compression, not the same bushing as in the non-GTx A2s)
> > as being similar to the Weissach Axle, although the VW, being FWD used
> > roll compression to act, the Porsche also used, to a degree, the driven
> > wheel torque.
>
>         I KNEW IT!!  My 89 Jetta GTX handled to well to not have it.  I had
> never been in a rear steer car aggresively driven before, and was pleseantly
> surprised at what those little things can do.  I'll never get rid of my GTX.
>         Speaking of which....    The GTX was supposedly never taken to the
> STATES.  Was there one in Europe?  I've only ever heard of them in Canada
> and never knew the difference between the GTX and the GLI other then that
> the GTX was only built in Wolfsberg and not Pueblo.
>                                                             RR