RE: Driving impressions ...

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

Americanized, but basically yes. I don't remember exactly what they
changed but there were some suspention items, shift points and torque/hp
tuning to better "match American driving style(s)".

No Lotus engine :-(
- peter

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	quk@sievers.com [SMTP:quk@sievers.com]
>Sent:	Wednesday, November 13, 1996 2:57 PM
>To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject:	Driving impressions ...
>
>In message <199611132153.NAA01512@sled> steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven
>Buchholz) writes:
>
>> I had the following message come across on a local autocross list I 
>> $ub$cr!be to.  Apparently Cadillac is doing some evaluations of the 
>> new Catera.
>
>[snippage]
> 
>> We got to drive BMW 328i, MBZ 280CE, Volvo 850i, Lexus ES 300, Infiniti
>>J30,
>> and assorted Cateras.  The track had lots of STOP signs so you couldn't get
>> much real speed going, and squealing tires was not permitted.  The Catera
>>is
>> a RWD German Opel Omega, very nice car and in Germany it's marketed against
>> the next size cars up from those in the test.  It's roomier, heavier, a
>> little bigger in outside dimension.
>
>[snippage]
>
>> All in all, if you are in the market for a car in that class, go, if you're
>> looking for a fun ride 'n drive, pass.
>
>Isn't the Omega the same body that Vauxhall (also a GM sub.) use in the UK
>for 
>their "Carlton"?
>
>If so, there's a version with a Lotus engine ...
>
>--
> Phil Payne
> phil@sievers.com
> Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club