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RE: Definitions...
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> Regularly advertised in the Auto Trader and Exchange and Mart. It looks
> identical to a Coupe GT but has the q box and rear diff. Runs on 6x15
> Ronals and doesn't have the Flared Arches. Can't remember if it is LCD Dash
> or not, but I know a guy who had one and I can ask if you like?
I know of a dozen or so - none have digital dashes. That's an urq exclusive -
although ...
Some Coupe' GTs came with the (terrible) digital dash......
(I saw a multi-coloured dash one day over ten years ago at the test track. I
wonder if they ever shipped one ...)
> As far as I can tell from the histories I researched before buying my urq,
> the 8x15 Ronals where fitted to the UK cars during '84 and on, and to the
> US cars from '85. My '84urq (01 March 84, chassis no EA900670) has them
> with the factory rolled arches. I do experience tyres rubbing with a
> reasonable rear passenger load (one fat or two thin :-) ).
Don't _ever_ trust the histories. Trust the metal.
Can't trust the metal either - many ur-qs have been updated with the 15x8s.
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Phil Payne
phil@sievers.com
Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
-glen