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[OTish] Quattro Questtion

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Quattro is Audi's name for All wheel drive.

4-Motion is VW's name for All wheel drive.

Transverse layout uses a Haldex based system. Called Quattro in Audi's and 
4-Motion in VW's

Longitudinal layout uses a Torsen based system. Called Quattro in Audi's 
and 4-Motion in VW's

Audi TT Quattro and VW Golf 4-Motion are Haldex systems

Audi A4/S4, A6/S6, A8/S8, Allroad.... Quattro's and VW Passat 4-Motion are 
Torsen systems.

John

At 01:33 AM 10/21/2002 -0600, Night Shadow wrote:

>Its not called Quattro, but yes.  Its 4-motion.  Thats what Audi TTs have
>in them (ignore the Quattro badge, its really 4-motion, and ignore the
>4-motion badge on the Passat, its really Quattro).  The europeans get
>4-Motion Golfs...those lucky stiffs.  SEAT uses it too, but they badge
>theirs as "Cupra4"s.  (drooling for a 150 PD-TDI SEAT Leon Cupra4, or the
>280hp Supercharged 24v VR6 SEAT Leon Cupra4 Compressor)
>
>Eric
>
>
>On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Brian Haygood wrote:
>
> >
> > Has there ever been a transverse engine Quattro layout????????
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > BH
> >
> >
> >
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Quattro is Audi's name for All wheel drive. <br>
<br>
4-Motion is VW's name for All wheel drive.<br>
<br>
Transverse layout uses a Haldex based system. Called Quattro in Audi's
and 4-Motion in VW's <br>
<br>
Longitudinal layout uses a Torsen based system. Called Quattro in Audi's
and 4-Motion in VW's <br>
<br>
Audi TT Quattro and VW Golf 4-Motion are Haldex systems<br>
<br>
Audi A4/S4, A6/S6, A8/S8, Allroad.... Quattro's and VW Passat 4-Motion
are Torsen systems.<br>
<br>
John<br>
<br>
At 01:33 AM 10/21/2002 -0600, Night Shadow wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Its not called Quattro, but yes.&nbsp; Its
4-motion.&nbsp; Thats what Audi TTs have<br>
in them (ignore the Quattro badge, its really 4-motion, and ignore
the<br>
4-motion badge on the Passat, its really Quattro).&nbsp; The europeans
get<br>
4-Motion Golfs...those lucky stiffs.&nbsp; SEAT uses it too, but they
badge<br>
theirs as &quot;Cupra4&quot;s.&nbsp; (drooling for a 150 PD-TDI SEAT Leon
Cupra4, or the<br>
280hp Supercharged 24v VR6 SEAT Leon Cupra4 Compressor)<br>
<br>
Eric<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Brian Haygood wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Has there ever been a transverse engine Quattro layout????????<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Thanks.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; BH<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; ---------------------------------<br>
&gt; Do you Yahoo!?<br>
&gt; Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site<br>
<br>
--<br>
Eric<br>
Northglenn, CO<br>
<br>
76 Honda CB400F Super Sport (400cc, 4 cyl, OHC 8v, 10k RPM redline
*grin*)<br>
80 Scirocco ----SOLD!!---- <br>
81 Scirocco S (*TDI* swap and complete restoration in holding
pattern)<br>
81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (Waiting for BAE Turbo Install) <br>
87 Suzuki Samurai JX Hardtop (Soon to be VW Turbo Diesel Powered)<br>
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
<br>
<br>
&quot;For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a perfectly valid
science.&quot;<br>
-Kelli Fox<br>
<br>
<br>
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