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) equipped with a four cylinder diesel engine and the four headlight (type =
81) grill design.  He claims that the car was quite "zippy" with the turbo =
and that it handled pretty reasonably for the time.  He went on to tell ano=
ther funny story about one of the techs going out to "see what it could do"=
 on a test course (with four people in the car) and spinning it into the we=
eds.

Regardless, two weeks after he got back from the training, the sales manage=
r at his dealership informed everyone that Audi had decided NOT to import t=
he car after all.  Dave claims it was because the gas prices stabilized, bu=
t personally, I wonder if maybe the market wasn't developed enough to suppo=
rt that product.  Strange that they had gone to the trouble of training eve=
ryone to have the project fall on its face.

I know that the US didn't get many of the models or variations (engine choi=
ces) that Europe and the rest of the world got, but I was wondering if anyo=
ne had a picture of one of these cars.  I'd like to see how they did the re=
ar of the car and how much it looks like the Quantum wagon...  Anyone care =
to comment or have pics?

Thanks....

Elliott Bavely

86 4000CS Quattro
88 80 Fwd
83 GTI FSP Racey car
83 GTI 16V
90 VW Cabriolet