audi 101..

[Per Lindgren]

Ur is often used together with another word in the German language to
descript the original. As an example, they can say "die Urtext" as a way
of describing the original version of a written text, or "Die
Ureinwohner" to describe the ancient native settlements of human beings.

Thus, it also began in Germany, that one wrote "die Urquattro" when
describing the original quattro, as an effort to distinguish it from the
newer family members, the 80 quattro, 100 quattro and 200 quattro.

PerL (who knows a bit German)
87 Cq (Urcoupe quattro)

j fizz wrote:

> so here's a silly but never asked audi question.. what/where does the
> "ur"
> designation come from in the coupe quattro's and old s4/s6's ?
>
> ive always assumed it was an abberviation for 'euro' or something. i
> saw a
> red tcq last night and it occurred to me that ive never read an exact
> explanation of this..
>
> thanx! nappy yew hear!
>
> jim
>
>
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