History question, type 44

[Fred Munro]

I vaguely recall seeing a 1985 Type 44 turbodiesel for sale in Toronto
several months ago, but didn't pay much attention. I do remember reading
less than glowing reports on them somewhere.

Fred Munro
'94 S4


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ti Kan" <ti at amb.org>
To: "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: History question, type 44


> Larry C Leung writes:
> > Just wondering, were there ever any type 44 diesels or turbo-diesels in
> > the US?
> > I know (test drove one once) there were turbo-diesel type 43's, but I
> > don't recall ever
> > seeing a US diesel type 44.
>
> I don't think any type 44 diesels were officially sold in the US, but
> some may have been sold in Canada.
>
> -Ti
> 01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
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