Re: Gear ratios

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne) wrote:

>Your car was probably originally ordered in Germany.  At one time, you could
>order mix and match features - about the only impossible option was air
>conditioning on a diesel.  But you could have the smallest engine with a
>sunroof, or the largest without.  This was _never_ possible in countries like
>the UK or USA, where a certain amount of "marketing" led to options being
>sold
>in packages.

I seem to recall reading that in '85 or '86, Audi boasted that they were
making quattro an option on _all_ cars, hence the rare Coupe GT Quattro.
I've never seen an early Diesel quattro, though. It would probably be
pointless.

Bye,

Tom

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
 tnas@euronet.nl
1988 Audi 80 1.8S, Tizianrot metallic, 210,000km

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