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Quattro more expensive than FWD?

In message <35bdd0ce.5242468@mail.ha-nett.no> eyvind.spangen@ha-nett.no (Eyvind Spangen) writes:

> Are quattro equipped cars likely to fail in the quattro system?

No - it's bomb-proof.  Maintenance is more expensive - four CV joints
instead of two, and a subframe with the attendant bushes in the back
where you'd otherwise have an axle.  Not a major item, though.

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 Phil Payne
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