UrQ"s"?
Per Lindgren
lindgre at online.no
Wed Apr 18 15:57:54 EDT 2001
I have read somewhere (in an interview) that Audi did testing on 4ws in the 80s, so he is
correct. As you know, the rear struts are similar to the fronts, and only the rack is
replaced with arms. The weight made it ungainful. But anyways, the story is probably
true, yes.
PerL
92 Cabrio 2.3E
Michael Murphy wrote:
> In a conversation w/a customer today (Viper owner - and closet Audi lover), he
> recalled a trek to the Sierras back in the mid-80s when he was doing ~65 (in a 4kq),
> on a road with 2-4" of fresh powder, when a trio of what he ID's as Urqs' came
> blasting past at ~100mph.
>
> About 20 miles later, pulling into the hotel, there sat the 3 black "almost" Urqs
> w/factory
> plates. Almost because they had no back seat, not that it was taken out, there was
> no room for a back seat.
>
> Inside, he met the 3 drivers (German) and got to talking. One of them explained that
> the cars were Urq *short* and had 4-wheel steering - not the type in the then current
> Japanese cars - the implementation that, "will never again allow you to miss an
> apex".
>
> Has anyone heard of these little beasties or am I having my chain yanked (won't be
> the 1st time)?
> --
> Mike Murphy
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