Info on old school Quattro Rallye car?

[LL - NY]

the VW Iitis? or was that just a commercial off-road vehicle?

On 3/16/07, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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)
>
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> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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