Re: Ur-Q

[Phil@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <313B862F.5617@pobox.com> Tim Gortner writes:
> please forgive a newbie question?  what is Ur-Q or URQ or whatever 
> variation?  EuroQ as in Euro model quattro?  Inquiring minds, etc.

No.  "ur" is a German prefix meaning "original".

"Grossvater", for example, means "grandfather".  "Ur-Grossvater" means "great-
grandfather".  And so on.  "Ur-q" is short for "Ur-quattro" and simply means 
"the original quattro". 

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