[LAC] VWs with AWD?

[Michael L. Riebs]

I just saw a Jetta wagon driving on the street here in GR 2 days ago!

Michael Riebs
Grand Rapids, MI
'90 V8Q (#7)
'98 A6Q Avant (#6)
Only 6 & 7 remain.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rave Racer" <Ravewar at rogers.com>
To: "'Audi Quattro'" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [LAC] VWs with AWD?


>
>     Where are these cars?  Are they already in Europe?  I haven't seen a
VR6
> beetle that wasn't custom, or a VR6 TT.  I knew the 1.8T had been done in
> the TT obviously.  Of course there's that company in BC Canada that does
the
> conversion of a TT Quattro into whatever A4 VAG you want, but that's not
> factory.  I didn't even know the Jetta wagon was ready yet.  Tell me this
is
> all undercover in Europe and it's not that I'm just really really
uninformed
> and slow.
>     Also, which AWD system was the Synchro?  Was that more of a Torsen
> system or was it the one from the 4000Q?
>
>     You are probably right about the 1.8T being more up to the challenge
of
> pulling a 4WD system.  It's cheaper and easier to increase the power of
the
> 1.8T without getting into complicated engine rebuilds like would be
> neccesary with the VR6 to get a dramatic increase in HP.
>
>        Rave Racer
> '89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX
>  http://www.vwot.org/members/Pete.html
> '87 Audi 4000 Quattro Sedan
>  http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid=110
> '72 Triumph GT6
>  http://motorcities.com/contents/01I3H011116682.html
> '83 Toyota Tercel (yoda)     Possible future Sandrail donor...  Maybe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: TM <t44tq at mindspring.com>
> To: 'Rave Racer' <Ravewar at rogers.com>; 'Audi Quattro'
<quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:50 AM
> Subject: RE: [LAC] VWs with AWD?
>
>
> Except for the fact that they've already developed both a VR6 Audi TT
> and a VR6 New Beetle, both using Haldex AWD, so the development work
> has been done.
>
> A Jetta VR6 4Motion would be so slow that it wouldn't be worth it, IMHO-
> the 180hp 1.8T is the way to go now.
>
> I think we'll see a 4Motion Jetta Wagon first.
>
> Taka
>
>
>