quattro digest, Vol 1 #5318 - to german engineering

[Tom Nas]

"Larry C. Leung" <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:

>Minor Correction. The first Ford Taurus went on sale in 1986. The type 44
>was introduced in 1984. The development time on the Taurus was a "short"
>(for the time, especially for US cars) was 36 months. So, the Taurus hit
>the boards before the type 44 was introduced.

In Europe, the type 44 Audi 100 was introduced in October of 1982 and the
Forschungswagen (a proto of a super-aerodynamic car which looks remarkably
similar to the 44) predated that. But I agree, it's probably more
coincidence than plagiarism. I've seen more cars appear at the same time
with remarkable styling similarities.

Tom