quattro digest, Vol 1 #3427 - AWD Golfs

[Larry C Leung]

> From: Kwattro at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 11:50:26 EDT
> Subject: Re: installing  awd in a golf ?
> To: moore01 at fuse.net
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>
> In a message dated 02-05-15 10:50:09 EDT, you write:
>
> << Don't think a golf w/ 4wd is available in the US, otherwise I'd
> be driving
> one.
Though there are (were) AWD Golfs, none were imported to the US
legally, therefore in SCCA production classes, even grey market
ones aren't legal. They would be perfectly legal for OPEN classes,
but if the lister was interested in competing at a low budget, Open
Classes would NOT be the ticket (though more fun!). If the lister wants
to go production class racing w/AWD in SCCA Rally, he should try a 4KQ or
an 80/90/100/200 or something. 4KQ's are still rather cheap to buy
and maintain, so they'd be my choice if I wanted to go AWD.

LL - NY


>
>
> There were two A2 Golfs with Awd - viscous coupling setup.  Golf
> Country had
> raised suspension, awd-vc, skid plates, and brush bars (and I
> believe a 1.8
> 16v, although they might have sported a 2.0 16v in 1989-1992).
> Quite
> cool...hard to find though.  More common, it seems, were the Ralle
> Golf
> G60's, which had tqc-esque flares, awd-vc, and a supercharged 2.0
> 16v.
> They're also rare, but tons of fun.  One was for sale, US legal not
> too long
> ago in Canada, for around 20,000$.  Nice car, even at that money.
> You
> couldn't build it for that much.  I don't think that the A3 was
> available
> with awd at all...but I may be wrong.  There might have been a VR-6
> syncro
> Golf, anyone?  You can get awd golfs over here - you just have to
> pay :-)
>
> Later!
> Carter
>