Re: FS 5000 CSTQ & CHINA

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

S8Mania <S8Mania@prodigy.net> wrote:

>Quattro Freunde !!!
>	I think that Audi of China still produces the 5K/100(EU) from the mid
>80`s. Would be interesting to know what engines are available
>(Quattro?). I have heard that the standard 5K is available for ~ $7K.
>They also have a lot of Quantums/Santanas there.
> Has anyone more info on this ?

Here's what I've posted to the list earlier:

>While leafing through the '98 edition of the Auto, Motor und Sport Auto
>Katalog, I happened upon a familiar-looking black car. Hey, what's the
>1983 'aero' Audi 100/5000 doing there? And what's happened to the rings on
>the grill?
>Well, that was the FAW Hongqi- the C3 Audi built with Chrysler 1.8 and
>2.0-litre engines, built in China from German-produced parts. They also
>make the (later) C4-type 100 under the Audi name, apparently propelled by
>V6 and V8 engines, and the C3 with 4 and 5-cylinder Audi engines. The
>blurb doesn't say which V6/V8- might be some weird source, too.

No mention of anything but FWD...

Tom

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
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1988 Audi 80 1.8S, mostly Tizianrot metallic, 214,000km

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