AWD in racing

[Tom Nas]

Lawrence C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
>I do. They almost define the word CUTE. Especially if painted in bright
>colors, like orange with a pale yellow or beige roof. Fit right in there
>with the original (and come to think of it, the new "BMW") Morris Mini.

The belts-and-pulleys continuously-variable drive was pretty innovative and 
well-made. Unfortunately, DAF became known as a pensioner's car (mainly old 
and handicapped people drove them) and they never recovered from that 
negative image- even when they started installing Renault engines instead 
of the weak 2-cyl boxers they used to make. Those cars were light and fast, 
and they swapped 'cogs' like no-one else could. Pity, because it set back 
development of the CVT transmissions for years.

MAC: One of the companies currently developing the CVT system is Audi. When 
tested against a similar-spec slush A6, the CVT-equipped A6 comfortably 
out-accelerated the other car.

Tom