RE: Sport quattros

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <l03020906b2835642c473@[194.134.104.2]> Tom Nas writes:

> Looking at Quentin Willson's The Ultimate Classic Car Book (Dorling
> Kindersley, ISBN 0 7513 0208 2- get it if you love cars, if only for the
> superb photography)  and at the German 'Top of the line' magazine, 1/97,
> I'd say the doors are identical to the standard items dimensionally.
> Comparing this to the German UrQ brochure, which has a pretty good straight
> side view of the car.

Oh dear, another book.

> I'd also say that the windscreen is identical, but I'd have to scan both
> pictures and overlay them to make absolutely sure. That'll be hard, as the
> best picture in the Willson book is printed over two pages (sigh!)
>
> In 3/4 front or rear view, the Sport looks about as wrong as it can get.
>
> It is however very impressive with its 400 hp @ 6500, 640 Nm(!) @ 3500.

It would be.   If that was what it had.

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