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From: schley@mmm.UUCP (Steve Schley)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: VW GTI Turbo?
Message-ID: <329@mmm.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 11:52:21 EST
Article-I.D.: mmm.329
Posted: Fri Nov 22 11:52:21 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 24-Nov-85 04:24:56 EST
References: <1577@cae780.UUCP> <1889@watdcsu.UUCP>
Reply-To: schley@mmm.UUCP (Steve Schley)
Organization: 3M Company, St. Paul, Minn.
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Summary: 

In article <1889@watdcsu.UUCP> haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) writes:
>In article <1577@cae780.UUCP> gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) writes:
>
>>I saw an interesting car this morning on a local freeway.  It had
>>international plates with CA plates bolted over them, and looked like
>>a typical black '85 VW Golf GTI, but the chrome name tags declared it
>>to be TURBO.  Have I just missed them before, or is this a rare beast?
>
>Either the guy had just slapped a 'turbo' badge onto a normal GTI
>(tacky!) or else it was an aftermarket installation (by Callaway or
>someone else).  VW does not have any gasoline turbo engines available;
>the GTI will receive one of the new VW G-superchargers in a year
>or two, though, along with 4-wheel drive.  VW uses turbos in lots
>of diesel engines, though...

I'm familiar with the aftermarket turbos for VWs, and I've heard about
the twin-cam engine for the mid-'86 Scirocco (why not the GTI/GLI?
moan, moan...).

Can someone enlighten me about this "G-supercharger"?  And what are the
pros/cons of VW Synchro versus Audi Quattro for all-wheel-drive?

-- 
	Steve Schley

	ihnp4!mmm!schley