RE: trivia question (answer)

[Eaton Dave <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

first production awd car is an interesting one. certainly the fwd boys
from clintonville would dispute the jensen ff as the 1st, and with some
justification.  from memory, the ff sold 14 copies i think...

certainly the 1st truly successful one (hearts and minds as well as
numbers) was the ur-quattro.

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

On Wednesday, July 15, 1998 4:25 AM, Hussey, Dan
[SMTP:husseyd@rayovac.com] wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> I think the first _production_ car with AWD was the 1967 Jensen
> Inteceptor FF (yes, and that stands for Ferguson).  It was also the
> first production car with ABS brakes.  Had rear seat shoulder harneses
> way back in '67 as well.  Quite a remarkable car for it's time.  Built
> them all the way though the mid-80's as well.
> 
> Later,
> Dan
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Eaton Dave[SMTP:dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz]
> > Sent: 	Monday, July 13, 1998 5:12 PM
> > To: 	'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'
> > Cc: 	'Michael Williams'
> > Subject: 	RE: trivia  question (answer)
> > 
> > techically, the first gp car with awd was the bugatti type 35
designed
> > in 1932.  it has a 4.8 litre supercharged dry-sump straight 8
similar
> > to
> > the type 50 and 54 gp cars.  it had around 300hp.  this was a proper
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