Re: Extinction of 200 20vt <was economics of...

[John Cunningham <johnc@together.net>]

consider this a vote for motor equal opportunity - good motors available to
drivers of all persuasions.

i for one, love the fine, powerful and taught ride of the big S4 hauling down a
twisty road... or the open highway...

so i fail to understand at all the argument of 'your car is bigger so you should
get a slug motor instead'.  i do agree, however, that if Audi was sticking that
motor in the big sedan, it should/could have gone in the small cars too.  ok ok
they did but not here anyway.  really, whose stupid idea was it to not put the
blower in the CQ in 90-91?.  ahh... ancient history i guess.

Brandon Hull wrote:

> >>That engine belongs in the UrQ in my opinion, and i guess i share Audi's
> >>opinion since they dropped it in the UrQ...
>
> >there's no mistaking what you said.
> >we are just questioning the narrowness of your views.
> >even when i was in your situation (young, single, childless, recently
> >graduated)
>
> If only to illustrate perhaps that narrow views don't necessarily dissipate
> with age, marriage, kids, and 20th reunions, I'll step up to Michael's
> defense here.
>
> If I understand Michael's original point, he is saying that the merits of a
> small, light and efficient engine like the 2.2L 20vt find (shall we say)
> "fuller expression" in a light, nimble car than a large luxury sedan.  The
> engine comprises a higher proportion of the weight in the smaller car, so
> heroic power-to-weight ratios are more meaningful.  His position (as I
> interpret) is that all that wonderful engineering content of the 20vt is if
> not wasted, then somewhat academic in the larger car.
>
> Now I am the last guy to attack over-engineering for engineering's sake, but
> I agree with this.  I too learned to drive in a big 'murrican wagon ('69
> Country Squire w/390) and I think wagons oughta have V8s. The AoA people
> once again have failed me by not selling the V8 A6 Avant, the first car in
> years that I'd actually consider buying new.
>
> But I agree with Michael here, as much as I admire the '91 200/S4/6, I can't
> help but experience a sense of, well, inappropriateness when I look at the
> engine bay.
>
> Of course, I thought convertibles went to the dogs when they added roll-up
> windows.
>
> Brandon Hull
> ersatz S2

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