Audi

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <19961103013216.AAA23789@ns1.lr.net> jmcelroy@lr.net (Lynn M. McElroy) writes:

>         Does Audi have any connection with Lucas Electric?:-)

None whatever that I am aware of.

Most Audi electrical components are made by Robert Bosch, which is a charity-
owned major electrical company in Stuttgart, only a few miles from Neckarsulm* 
where most of the quattros were built.

(And for our American friends - no, I _don't_ know what percentage of the cost
 of Bosch electrical parts could be set against your income tax!)

Opinions differ on the Audi/Bosch relationship.  Some say that Audi got hold of 
a Bosch catalogue and tried to use all of the parts in at least one car.  
Others say that Bosch scientists went berserk trying to build parts that Audi 
would be unable to use, but Audi just kept on managing it.


* No, _NOT_ Ingolstadt.  That's Audi's HQ and a main factory - but _not_ the 
  home of the ur-q.)
 
--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club