history repeating itself?(rant)

Michael Riebs AudiV8 at 1stchoicegranite.com
Thu Mar 14 08:09:25 EST 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Powell" <human747 at attbi.com>
> just a quick comment here... when I wus a whippersnapper (back in the
> early 30's) one thing I admired greatly in the euro cars
> (saab/volvo/bmw, and their kid brothers audi, vw) was that they would
> keep essentially the same sheet metal for years and years, but refine
> the cars actual bits that mattered instead.

And that's *exactly* why our type 44's still look so good / contemporary.
It's only now - 10 years later, and with the 2nd generational change after
the t44 that they are starting to look just slightly dated...

Michael Riebs
Grand Rapids, MI
'90 V8Q
'98 A6QA

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