RE: performance car march '86 and '89 articles re: quattro history/development

["Bruce Bell" <bbell04@ibm.net>]

"Yes, the first car was based on the Iltis transmission, with no
intermediate differential - and it was mainly built from parts which stemmed
from the Iltis. It was based on an 80 shell, not on a coupe because we
didn't have the coupe until later. By the time we had proved the quattro
prototype worked, and convinced the board to let us develop it, the
development was already at about the 50 per cent stage; ....."      Dr.
Fritz Naumann in Mar.'89 "Performance3 Car"

And I thought the Ur-q was a coupe... My 80 based 4 door 4kq feels much
better now. :-)

Thanks Chris, I enjoyed the articles.

Bruce
Who still wonders why the 4kq (90q) and the qtc are both type 85 chassis.

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Subject: re: performance car march '86 and '89 articles re: quattro
history/development


Threw a couple articles from old performance car magazines up on my page;
they
talk a bit about the development of quattro.
chris miller, windham nh, c1j1miller@aol.com
'91 200q20v ==> http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/index.html