All Wheel Steer was Audi vs Subi

[larry leung]

In the US, there were no models called the GTX.

For A2 Golfs, the models were the GTi and GTi 16V (Golf was not in the name, unfortunately it meant insurance companies could charge more 'cuz the car couldn't be hidden as a "Golf". In '87 and '88 the 8V GTi was called the Golf GT, and for the first time the uprated "performance" Golf could be had as a 4 dr, with the 3 sp slushbox (blech) and it didn't come with the sport seats, "Weissach" axle or rear disk brakes. The US 16V model was intro'd then, and the telltale sign was the Fuba powered roof antenna needed to keep the antenna away from the ignition coil. When the "big bumper" restyle came in '89, the 8V returned as the GTi, minus the rear disk brakes. BOTH models got the Fuba antenna and the Quad round headlight grille. Also, at this time, at least in outward appearance, all of the models around the world looked the same (no longer a diff in bumper covers!).  The engine for the 16V went up to the 2.0 liter, 134 HP model, and the 16V model did have rear disks, and gained front fogs. 

For the A2 Jettas they were the GLi and GLi 16V. And actually, after 1988, there were no more 8V GLi. All 16V Jetta GLi's came with genuine (rather than licensed copies of the manual models) Recaro power seats, the Fuba antenna, etc. When the big bumper restyle came in, the GLi gained fogs, retained the Jetta "aero" lights (US models suck, BTW), otherwise the changes echo the GTi ones above.

The G60 was ONLY offered in the US on the Corrado through 1990. Then the Corrado got the VR6, the power bulge, the shortened trunk floor (to make room for the bigger gas tank) and big bar grille. Lasted until the untimely end (in the US) in 1993. Bummer. As far as reliability, it seems the lower US highway speeds have contributed to longer G-lader life. The supercharger doesn't appear to cause much problems over here (just driver frustration on how slow it spools up. It's definitely designed as an Autobahn pick me up. Not much help off the line, which is more a US type of thing since we spend nearly as much time stopped as we do going....)

Passats (2nd gen) were only offered in the US with the 2.0 16V 4 and the VR6. 

Hope that helps!

LL - NY '89 200Q, '85 A2 GTi, Solo2 car.





------Original Message------
From: "Rave Racer 2000" <Ravewar at home.com>
To: Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>, quattro at audifans.com

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> The G60 was never offered in the Jetta, only in the Golf.

        Wasn't the 2.0L 16V offered over there?  I think that was 132hp
w/cat.  As far as I know the G60 was only offered here in the Corrado and
MAYBE in the first Passats.  But never in the Golf or Jetta.  How does the
G60 perform over there.  Here it is pretty unreliable.  The Supercharger
needs to be rebuilt every 100 thou KMs.  Any North Americans know about the
diff between the GLI Jetta and GTX?
                                                                        RR