[urq] Strange Sighting In Santa Cruz Today--Badge Engineering?

[edkellock at juno.com]

Did you happen to see the license plate?  Could it be car from Canada?
Did they sell those there or not at all in all of North America?  Is it
easier for individuals to import cars into Canada from Europe?  It seems
possible that it could easily be tourists from Canada who drove down the
coast.  Santa Cruz is kind of a touristy spot isn't it?  ;-)

Ed
Colorado Springs

On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 09:41:00 -0500 "Martin Pajak" <martin at quattro.ca>
writes:
> Mike,
>
> I do not think Coupe Quattros had "Coupe GT"  Just "Audi" on left
> and
> "quattro" on right.
> The easiest way to spot is to see the rear suspension while
> stationary.
> If you are following one the crossflow muffler is an easy giveaway.
> It's possible but 100% of the time I thought I've seen one it was
> only badge
> engineering.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers
> Martin Pajak
>
> http://www.quattro.ca
>
> 1983 Audi Ur-quattro (278,000 km) Canadian spec. winter car
> 1985 Audi Ur-quattro (166,000 km) Euro spec. import ;o)
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: urq-admin at audifans.com [mailto:urq-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of
> > Motor Sport Visions Photography
> > Sent: December 8, 2002 00:02
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> > Subject: [urq] Strange Sighting In Santa Cruz Today--Badge
> Engineering?
> >
> >
> > On Soquel Ave. around 12:45pm I saw what appeared at first to be
> a
> > graphite black CGT going the other way. As it came closer I
> noticed a
> > quattro badge on the grill ala 4kq (which I happened to be driving
> one
> > of the opposite direction). I thought that was odd since I had
> never
> > seen a quattro badge on the front of an Ur-Q and as I got closer I
> was
> > sure it was a CGT, no flares. Then I see the back. It has "Coupe
> GT" on
> > the left side of the rear lid just like a US CGT, but on the right
> was
> > the "QUATTRO" decal just like an Ur-Q.
> >
> > Was it possible this a non-turbo "Quattro Coupe"? (Or, do those
> have
> > flared fenders?? I have never seen one so I don't know for sure.)
> If so,
> > it would be one seriously rare car in the USA.
> >
> > Anyone else here in the Santa cruz area seen this car? I wonder if
> this
> > thing was for real, or just a case of really poor taste in badge
> > engineering (kinda like putting a "M" badge on a 318i).
> >
> > Mike Veglia
> > Motor Sport Visions Photography
> > http://www.motorsportvisions.com
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