[urq] Gray Market UrQ

Phil Payne phil at isham-research.co.uk
Thu Sep 20 06:22:11 PDT 2012


An interesting little motor.

1984 or early 1985 model year - the front is pre-sloping facelift.  Speedo
and odometer in miles - not common, because by this time almost all european
ur-quattros had the green digital dashboard and Patrizia.  I think only
Sweden and Switzerland retained the dials in Europe - but they were in
kilometres.

So - did it have the dials retrofitted as a condition of import?  If so, did
they leave Patrizia?  It also has cruise control, which is quite a rarity
over here - although I generally see three ur-quattros a week (I was working
on Nigel Mansell's yesterday) I very rarely see cruise controls.

As regards the dash - am I not right in thinking that the original dial
version of the dash had a boost gauge opposite the fuel gauge?  They do look
like me to be Coupe GT dials.

It's missing the door rings and a coach stripes, too.

The aircon system isn't one of the normal ones fitted over here - they're
both made by Davia, one was importer-fit and one was dealer-fit.




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