No RWD Audis after all!

[David Kavanagh]

Hmm. WIth the longitundinal engine layout, they have always had the
front diff between the engine and the gearbox.

David

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:20:02 -0700 (PDT), Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
> Andrew Buc writes:
> > This from August 2004 _Car_ magazine:
> > "VW group chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder has decided a switch to rear drive
> > would alienate too many existing Audi customers. Instead, he's proposed a
> > compromise plan that will see the powertrains in Audi's front-drive and Quattro
> > models moved rearwards to reduce the weight distribution over the front wheels
> > from 65 to 55 percent."
> >
> > <sight of relief!>
> 
> This is already happening.  The transmission on the latest A8
> has its front driveshaft outputs ahead of the gearbox section,
> which allows the front wheels to be moved further to the front,
> reducing overhang, increasing wheelbase and therefore moving the
> weight distribution rearward.  I think the rest of the Audi line
> will probably see a similar change.
> 
> -Ti
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