RE: A4 1.8T vs Neon?

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

Curious equation that: 150hp == "wimpmobile"...

Non-turbo Audis have not exactly been fountains of power in the past and
that's been with much more weight than the A4 1.8T (witness the mid-80's
non-turbo 100s which had, what?, 102hp to lug around 3500+lbs of car.

It's not in the total power, but rather in how it's implemented that you
need to look. There, and in the fact that with a turbo, 200hp is just a
(fairly) small dip in the wallet away and 300 is reasonably attainable.
- peter
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:	JP [SMTP:palmerj@earthlink.net]
>[snip]
>As far as what posessed Audi to bring the 150 whimpmobile to the US?
>Entry level models to compete with the bmw 318 (134hp????? What was bmw
>thinking?)
>
>I would also hope that Audi knows its loyal turbo quattro fans would has
>revolted had there been a model year without a turbo quattro!
>
>Jason Palmer
>88 5ksquattro
>Dallas