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From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: G-supercharger, Syncro and new models
Message-ID: <1951@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 13:46:02 EST
Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1951
Posted: Mon Dec  9 13:46:02 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Dec-85 05:14:56 EST
References: <1577@cae780.UUCP> <1889@watdcsu.UUCP> <329@mmm.UUCP> <1913@watdcsu.UUCP> <123@emacs.UUCP>
Reply-To: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Keywords: GTI 16 valve

In article <123@emacs.UUCP> pz@emacs.UUCP (Paul Czarnecki) writes:

>>Scirocco 16V (the twin-cam version) will come out before GTI 16V
>>mainly because the GTI has an 'image problem'; i.e. it's got that nice
>>sporty body but is no faster than the GTI.  GTI 16V will likely debut
>>sometime in 1987.

>I assume you meant to say...
>>...mainly because the *SCIROCCO* has an 'image problem'; ...

Right.  YABF (Yet Another Brain Fade).

>Also, I asked at the Boston Auto Show when the US introduction of the
>16V GTI would be available, and they said May or June 1986.  I don't
>know (or care much) if this would be a 1986 or a 1987 model.

Here, it's May/June for Scirocco 16V.  The GTI 16V will come out in
late fall of '86 or early '87.  US release dates may be different.

>But seriously, I noticed that your posting originated in Canada so your
>dates are probably different and you probably get better cars anyway.

We used to to get 10 hp more in Audis...  The current models are
pretty close though and the Golfs and GTIs are exactly the same.  The
European VW's and Audis don't have the third brake light though.

>(We'll NEVER see a Polo in this country!)

No, but you'll see a Gol next year (whatever it'll be called in the
US).  This is the Brazilian equivalent of a Polo; the older version
(about 5 years back) had fwd but a front-mounted flat four, air-cooled
(yes, a real live Beetle engine).  The new one has a Golf 4-cylinder I
think.  It'll be imported into the US along with an "avec trunk"
version (a Derby equivalent).  They say it'll cost about $5000 US.
Not quite a Yugo price, but it is a bit more of a car.


				   \tom haapanen
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