Re: Coupe GT the bastard child of Audi??

[Victor & Kelly Bruhn <kvbruhn@pacifier.com>]

Your problem with locating the article in question may be that it wasn't in
Road and Track.

Look for the May '85 issue of Car and Driver.  The article is entitled 'Coupe
Comparo'.

C/D is pretty hard to please in my opinion, so you have to believe that the
Coupe is a pretty special car considering how much praise they heaped on it.  I
particularly enjoyed the last few sentences they printed about the Toyota Supra
(#2 finisher in the comparison), a car that they were also crazy about...they
provide a good lead-in for the Coupe.

This article resulted in my first Audi purchase in 1994.  I was looking for a
car with A/C, and I was cruising down one of the local Used-Car-Dealer strips
when I saw an Audi grille sticking out in the back-lot area of one dealer, all
dusty, looking like the dealership had given up on keeping it on display in
front.  Thinking it was a 5000, which was on my list, I took a look.  When I
learned it was a Coupe, this article slowly returned to the forefront of my
mind.  Some schmuck Audi, of all car companies, won a comparison test by Car
and Driver!  And the car's objective performance numbers (0-60, 1/4 mile,
skidpad, slalom) were only mid-pack in the test.  I'd always asked myself how a
car with average numbers could beat out 7 other cars in a sports coupe test.  I
test drove it, and even though it was an automatic (weird...), it didn't take
long for me to figure out why.  I brought my wife by to look at it the next
day, which I thought was a mistake.  She was against me getting another sports
car (we were shooting for more practicality since we now had a small child),
and had warned me that she'd categorically veto anything that even resembled
one.  Since it was an automatic, she drove it herself as well (she's doesn't
like manuals).  Her only comment?  "You can have it."  It was amazing how
easily she'd take my car when she had to go places after that...Easiest oil
change I've ever done, too.  After it was totaled 2 years later (took very good
care of me in the accident), I went out of my way to replace it with another.
Great cars.  Classy.  Different.

C/D also did a general road test of the Coupe in the January '85 issue.

Enjoy.

-Victor Bruhn
'86 Coupe


Jeremiah Curry wrote:

> Does anyone out there have copies of this or other coupe GT articles that
> they could scan and send me.  I have looked through all the computer
> databases and only been able to find the AAA article
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremiah
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RELAYER@aol.com <RELAYER@aol.com>
> To: bjmccabe@iupui.edu <bjmccabe@iupui.edu>; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
> Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 1:43 PM
> Subject: RE:Coupe GT the bastard child of Audi??
>
> >I wouldn't call it the bastard child of Audi.  They were actually quite
> >popular when they were new and Road and Track even called it "The best
> sports
> >coupe in america" beating out the Starion, Camaro, Mustang SVO, Surpa, and
> a
> >couple other cars.
> >
> >I've had 3, and loved them all.  If I wan't spending all my d*mn money on
> my
> >wedding, I would pick one up as a project car.  I just can't seem to get
> over
> >it's great styling.
> >
> >  /\        _I        Christian J. Long (& Breeze Heller - fiancee)
> >/    \ I_I I_I I      Orlando, Florida, USA
> >                       University of Central Florida Alumni 1994
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >'98 Audi A4 1.8T            Low pressure V2 rocket
> >'96 BMW 318ti              Will be replacing with a CGT or 4KQ
> >'90 Audi 90                   Now in the hands of the mother in law
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >Past Audis: '84 CGT, '85CGT, '87.5 CGT, '90 CQ
> >