Info on old school Quattro Rallye car?

Kent McLean kentmclean at comcast.net
Fri Mar 16 07:58:43 EDT 2007


Max Wellhouse wrote:
> Listees:  I remember as a young man reading a foreign car mag article 
> on an Audi rallye car that had an engine in the back and an engine in 
> the front and separate shifters for each transmission.  It apparently 
> kicked butt in whatever events it competed in.  I guess back 
> then(70's?) it was somewhat of an engineering marvel to get both 
> throttles to be in sync.
> 
> Does anyone else recall this vehicle and have any further info on it?

My faded memory recalls a twin-engine car, but I think it was a VW,
not an Audi.

Googling finds these:
http://www.cartorque.co.za/0118.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen (racing beetle)
http://www.driversfound.com/scirocco/history/bimotor/
http://members.fortunecity.com/wibmerpeter/sahara/sahaeng1.htm (jetta)

-- 
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke


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