[urq] Many questions...

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Brady and I spent 1350 km in an 2010 white S-Line 2.0T 6-speed A5 last
week-end to attend the Watkins Glen Vintage festival, so we raised about 200
questions, 98% about cars, obviously. That A5 made a lasting impression
there : the car had always someone around it, many people said to us that we
"had a nice ride, dude", young guns would take pictures with their phones,
etc. It's funny  because it was probably the youngest vehicle of them all,
with less than 2000 km on the odo when we arrived. This A5 will grow old
very well, I'm sure.

 

Now the questions :

 

What is the difference between an 80 and a 90 (type 89) model ?

 

When exactly does the Audi Quattro was rechristened Audi quattro ?

 

Was there ever a red color from 1981 that was called Venus Red (I just read
that in the new book about the Quattro that I received today, more questions
and facts when I'll have read it a bit).

 

What is the most interesting old Audi that one would present at vintage or
historic road Racing, in the same vein as a Porsche or an MGB ?

 

In a type 43 turbo, is it true that it's the exhaust pressure that opens the
wastegate, instead of boost pressure ?

 

Did anyone ever notice that the side windows of an urQuattro (or Coupe GT)
are the exact same shape and size, front and rear ? 36 in at the bottom, 20
in at the top, and the leading edge of the front is identically slanted as
the trailing edge of the rear. Only the slanted b-pillar gives the illusion
that they are differently sized.

Take a look at these pictures :
<http://www.kvquattro.com/gallery/CoupeGL_1984.jpg>
http://www.kvquattro.com/gallery/CoupeGL_1984.jpg and
<http://www.kvquattro.com/gallery/GT.jpg>
http://www.kvquattro.com/gallery/GT.jpg

Interesting, no ?

 

Louis-Alain