Re: Audi sighted in Seattle

[steveb@newkla.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> 
> John Eickerman -- jke@halcyon.com wrote:-
> 
> I was just driving around, and came upon a good looking GT Quattro Coupe.
> Would this be considered a UrQuattro?  It was the same arrest-me-red as
> mine, and sure would look good parked to my 4000CSQ.
> 
> 
> 
> This is most definitly not an Ur-Quattro;
> its like calling a VW Polo a Porsche.
> 
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> Jason Crow          Salomon Brothers International Limited
> <crow@sbil.co.uk>   ----------------------------------------------------
> 1990 Quattro Turbo 20V                          Tel: +44 (0)171-721-2580
> 
Wellllll, I don't know if I would go so far as to draw that analogy.  I didn't
respond to the original post because there was some confusing info in it, but
the Audi GT Coupe and the Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe (ur-Quattro) share one or
two design cues ;-)

John ... the GT Coupe and the ur-Q look very similar.  The major feature that
catches my attention is the box flares at the wheel wells.  If the car you 
saw did have a "quattro" sticker on the back (and in the rear quarter windows) 
you probably did see an ur-Q.  Most ur-Qs also have a sticker with the four 
Audi rings on the doors.  I think that the rear spoiler is bigger, and you'll
notice a difference in the air dam.  Now ... if you saw diagonal slots running
at the edges of the hood and a decidedly shorter wheelbase then you saw a
Quattro Sport, which is a rare bird.  I have never seen a road-going version 
of that car.  It is hard for me to quantify exactly what it is, but even 
though I like the styling of the Coupe GT, the ur-Q always seems to evake a 
more visceral response for me.

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com