[urq] Interesting Info...

[Mike Sylvester]

Those numbers were sales figures for the calendar year not model year.


Mike

www.urq20v.com

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [urq] Interesting Info...
> From: "Tim Maskus" <tmaskus at up.net>
> Date: Sat, November 01, 2008 9:50 am
> To: urq at audifans.com
> 
> 
> Someone had posted info on 1 86 URQ being sent to the U.S.  This site shows
> it to be true.
> 
>   1980-1991 Audi Quattro Coupe
> 
> by the Auto Editors of Consumer
> Guide<http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/>
> <http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1980-1991-audi-quattro-coupe.htm/printable>
> 
>  The 1980-1991 Audi Quattro Coupe was the first series-production car with
> full-time all-wheel-drive since the rare late-'60s Jensen FF and was a
> prelude to many future AWD Audis. The series bowed in Europe during 1980 and
> in America two years later.
> 
> The 1980-1991 Audi Quattro Coupe featured front suspension and sheetmetal
> shared with contemporary 80/90 sedans (called "4000" in the United States)
> but offered unique fastback coupe bodywork behind the cowl, plus a rear
> suspension with essentially duplicate front-end components (struts and coil
> springs plus fixed "steering arms").
> 
> The 1980-1991 Audi Quattro Coupe was sold mostly with a five-speed manual
> transmission teamed to a turbo-charged, air-to-air intercooler version of
> the 2.1-liter inline five from the senior Audi 100/200 series (called "5000"
> in the United States); a normally aspirated 2.2 was available in certain
> markets from the mid-'80s.
> 
> All-wheel drive (with center and locking rear differentials) made this a
> nearly unbeatable European rally car for several years, but a lightweight,
> short-wheelbase "homologation special" actually had less success than the
> stock models.
> 
> The series began the worldwide industry craze for high-performance all-drive
> road cars -- including other Audis, which is one reason the car was dropped
> from the United States after 1985 (though limited production continued for
> Europe all the way through 1990). But that historical significance, plus
> relative rarity and technical appeal, would seem to ensure its place as a
> future collectible.
> 
> *Pluses of the 1980-1991 Audi Quattro Coupe:*
> 
>    - As for 1981-1987 Coupe/Coupe
> GT<http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1981-1987-audi-quattro-coupe-coupe-gt.htm>plus
> successful, pioneering concept
>    - Spirited performance (8 seconds 0-60 mph, up to 130 mph maximum)
>    - Great poor-weather traction
>    - Rally-winner appeal
>    - Not costly
> 
> *Minuses of the 1980-1991 Audi Quattro Coupe:*
> 
>    - Exact appreciation potential unclear now
>    - Some parts bound to be scarce in a few years
>    - Audi image still tarnished in the United States
> 
> *Production of the **Audi Quattro Coupe (U.S. calendar-year sales)
> *
> 
>    - 1982: 287
>    - 1983: **240
>    - 1984: **65
>    - 1985: **73
>    - 1986: 1
> 
> *Specifications* of the **1980-1991 Audi Quattro Coupe** (U.S. models):*
> *Wheelbase, inches:* 99.5
> *Length, inches:* 178.2
> *Weight, pounds:* 3,055-3,115
> *Price, new: *$35,000
> *
> *U.S. Models*
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