History question, type 44

[Larry C Leung]

Just curious. For some reason, the idea of making a I-5 TDI Type 44 Q
Avant would intrigue me as a neat beater... NOT!

LL - NY

On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 21:30:29 -0400 "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
writes:
>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
>> --
>>     ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch Technik
>>    ///   AMB Research Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA
>>   ///    ti at amb.org
>>  //////  http://www.amb.org/ti/
>> ///
>>
>