audi 101..

[Mihnea Cotet]

Actually "ur" comes from "urspruenglich" which indeed means original and
"ur" is the contraction thereof.

Mihnea

At 22:31 6/01/2003 +0000, j fizz wrote:
>that's the word on the street.. =)
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>-jim
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>>From: Jim Green <jeg1976 at yahoo.com>
>>To: j fizz <iin10ded at hotmail.com>, quattro at audifans.com
>>Subject: Re: audi 101..
>>Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:34:33 -0800 (PST)
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>>--- j fizz <iin10ded at hotmail.com> 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..
>>
>>"ur" is the German word for "original" I believe.
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>>=====
>>Jim Green
>>'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
>>http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html
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