Re: A4 30 valve 2.8 (was A4 steering)

[paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk (Paul Heneghan)]

From: quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)
>In message <Marcel-1.09-0519083509-b492QYK@milliped.demon.co.uk> Richard
>writes:
>> A quattro will no doubt drink more than my FWD.
>Not true, apparently.  One of the great surprises of the early days was 
that
>quattros often return slightly _better_ mpg.

I have heard this story many times and even seen it in some Audi literature 
 - HOWEVER, if you look at specs for FWD and quattro versions of any Audi, 
you will always (I think) find that the quattro version is thirstier.

e.g. 1988 Audi 90 2.2 E 35.3mpg at 75mph
     1988 Audi 90 quattro 31.0mpg at 75mph

In the specs, they seem to have the same engine, power,  torque and top 
speed - surprisingly, the quattro has a 0-62 of 8.6s against the 8.9s of the 
FWD version.

Is the quattro mpg claim some kind of theoretical advantage which is never 
borne out in practice?

Paul
paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk
1984 Audi 80 quattro
1989 Audi 100 Avant