[urq] Audis as Collectibles...

[Tom Nas]

Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no> wrote:

>The sport of road rallies is almost as old as the car itself, with the first
>organized rally being held in, I think it was, 1896. The first awd rally 
>car was
>a dutch job, the Spyker (or Spijker) and it appeared in - get this - 1904! 
>I dont
>know anything much about the success of this car, but it shows that the 
>concept
>of awd in motorsports is nothing new.

Yup, and now (Audi content coming up!) Spyker's back (or at least someone's 
resurrected the name) with a vengeance! The new Laviolette C8, due to be 
shown at next month's Dutch Motorshow, features a relative of the R8's 
twin-turbo V8. Cool!

Roll on, February...

Tom