Re: quattro vs. Quattro

[Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>]

tm2@earthlink.net wrote:

> Audifan1@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > qlist-
> > I read that Quattro refers to the original Quattro as in the "Audi Quattro"
> > or ur-q while quattro refers to the drive, etc...  You may have a quattro
> > (4k, 5k, 100, 200, 80, 90 A4, A6, A8, etc...) but only a few have a Quattro.
> > No?             Ron
> >
> Ron
>
> About 9 months ago I responded to a ad about a 92 or 93 100 Audi
> Quattro.  The price was low for a quattro.  Well it turned out it was
> not a quattro but was called a Audi Quattro without the quattro drive.
> It had the Audi Quattro badge and the back of the car.
>
> Pat Korach
> Kirkland, WA

 Sounds like "badge engineering", in my opinion, a capital offense.

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