Front engine mount

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I'm not sure I'd describe that as an 'upgrade'.  The purpose of
the original fitting is to push the engine under the car during a
frontal impact.  Is this function retained?

The engine is _supposed_ to move.  There is a noticeable
lack of rigid struts between it and the bodywork.  On the later
Type 44s, Audi introduced a quite complex compensation
mechanism to the gearshift to make this movement even less
noticeable to the driver - it would have been easier to anchor
the engine more solidly, but they didn't.

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