Weight Difference Between US/Can spec and Euro Spec UrQ's

[mike]

the answer is easy....both weights are given with £10
worth of petrol in the tank, hence the us car is
heavier

obvious when you think about it

mike

--- alan pritchard
<alanthecelt at alanthecelt.screaming.net> wrote: >
emmission control stuff??? cats and carbon filters
> and the like???  i expect
> a bit of weight there, i wouldnt have thought that
> uk/euro models had that
> stuff, my cgt doesnt!  would there be any weight
> difference regarding which
> side the driver sits? i wouldnt have thought so,
> but maybe eh?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Haseltine" <Jim at ur-q.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <robert_a_dupree at bankone.com>;
> <quattro at audifans.com>;
> <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Weight Difference Between US/Can spec
> and Euro Spec UrQ's
>
>
> >
> > Kerb weight that I can find is 2844lbs for an
> early Ur-q with 6" wheels -
> > then 2838lbs is listed in Walton, which also lists
> a 83 US model at
> 2974lbs.
> >
> > So if we take 2840lbs as a figure for Euro, then
> we're looking for
> 134lbs -
> > some of it is going to be in the bumpers, but
> weren't air-con and power
> > windows standard on US models? Power windows were
> an option on early Euros
> > and air-con didn't become an option until later.
> So, air-con weighs in at
> > approx 60lbs if I remember correctly, add another
> 20 for the bumpers and
> > iron work and that leaves 54lbs to be found.
> >
> > I've never believed weights - comes from having
> worked in the lightweight
> > cycle trade, where often customers would buy items
> _because_ they were
> light
> > (or advertised as such) not because they were any
> good.
> >
> > Maybe one car was weighed dry and the other with a
> few gallons of fuel?
> >
> > Just to complicate matters, its strange that I can
> also find 2862lb listed
> > for a Sport and 2200lbs in Walton.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim Haseltine
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <robert_a_dupree at bankone.com>
> > To: <quattro at audifans.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:26 PM
> > Subject: Weight Difference Between US/Can spec and
> Euro Spec UrQ's
> >
> >
> > Anyone happen to know which components
> added/changed fo the US/Canadian
> > market added the 250+ pounds to the curb weight of
> the UrQ?  I was just
> > poking around Martin's page and the curb weights
> are denoted as:
> >      USA/Can   3040lbs
> >      Euro      2777lbs
> > I think some of it may be bumpers... but where's
> the rest coming from?
> >
> > Rob Dupree
> >      '84 UrQ
> >      '88 5kTQ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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