LAC! Fwd: Re: How plentiful are Golf/Jetta synchros?

[Chris Dyer]

Ah, the Dasher. I think I'm the only American who misses that. Had a '77, dk
grn 2dr hatch. Loved it. 2nd most reliable car I ever had. (1st was a $800
squareback) I'd go vegitarian for a nice Dwagon.


>From: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
>To: broth at sanjuan.edu (Brian Roth)
>CC: broth at sanjuan.edu (Brian Roth), chrisdyer at hotmail.com ('Chris Dyer'),
>      quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: How plentiful are Golf/Jetta synchros?
>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:14:07 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Brian Roth writes:
> > I think you're right. They must have changed the name from Quantum to
>Passat
> > at some point (at least in the U.S.)
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: 	Chris Dyer
> > >
> > > Not very plentiful; not a big seller for VW, even in the northern
>states.
> > > It
> > > was actally a fraternal twin to the audi 4/5000q w/5cyl (2.2L I
>think?)
> > > w/5spd. OOPS, and they were called Quantums in US, Passat in Europe
> > > methinks.
> > >
> > > check it:
> > >
> > > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3233/syncronized.html
> > >
> > > If you find one in good shape, it could be a fun car--I've always
>liked
> > > them. There's also some qq-heads (that's quantum quattro!) that have
> > > turbo-ized their quantums.
>
>The Passat had traditionally been closely associated with the VAG B
>platform
>(i.e., Audi 80/4000/80/90/A4) with one notable exception, which is the
>late-
>80s to mid-90s model.  That model had a transversely mounted engine unlike
>all other Passats.
>
>The name has always been Passat in Europe since the beginning.  The US
>got different names, the B1 generation was the Dasher (essentially the same
>platform as Audi Fox in the US), the B2 was the Quantum (similar to the
>Audi 4000).  When Audi went to the B3/B4 platforms (Audi 80/90), the
>VW Passat went to a special stretched A platform, and the name was
>unified to be Passat for the US.  The current (post-98) Passat is once
>again based on the B5 platform which is shared with the Audi A4.
>
>-Ti
>01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
>84 5000S 2.1 turbo
>80 4000 2.0
>--
>     ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch Technik
>    ///   AMB Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA
>   ///    ti at amb.org
>  //////  http://www.amb.org/ti/
>///
>




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