RE: Road & Track Feb. 97'

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

syncro != quattro.

Sorry, geek writing above. Translation: syncro is not quattro. I'm not
quite sure what the differences are (apart from the engine orientation
:-), but I don't think syncro is continuously variably for as wide a
range for all wheels as quattro.
- peter

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Bob D'Amato [SMTP:mx@snet.com]
>Sent:	Thursday, January 02, 1997 12:46 PM
>To:	Peter Henriksen
>Cc:	'Dale McCormack'; 'Jonathan Linkov'; 'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'
>Subject:	RE: Road & Track Feb. 97'
>
>On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Peter Henriksen wrote:
>
>> I believe the A3 has a transversely mounted engine, thus ruling out
>> quattro... Bummer.
>
>Why? The 89+ Passat synchro is a transverse engine!
>Bob
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