congratulations, welcome, what took you so long?
 

Congratulations to Saab, Ford, Chrysler, and Nissan (Infiniti) for the
discovery of AWD in a sedan, hatchback or station wagon for the 2004 or 2005
model year.

Congratulations to Subaru for selling the 9-2X to Saab to help in Saab's
"discovery" of AWD.

signed---

An Audi Driver.

Re: congratulations, welcome, what took you so long?
 

In article <c2finu$gcc$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu>, audi@nospam.com spouted
forth into alt.autos.saab...
> Congratulations to Subaru for selling the 9-2X to Saab to help in Saab's
> "discovery" of AWD.
>
I guess you never heard of the Pikes Peak T16 4x4 630BHP, 9-3.


Long time before Subaru/GM/Saab built the 9-2.
A product of trollspeed if I recall correctly.
--
Carl Robson
(The poster formerly known as Skodapilot)
http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

Re: congratulations, welcome, what took you so long?
 

"audi" <audi@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:c2finu$gcc$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu...
> Congratulations to Saab, Ford, Chrysler, and Nissan (Infiniti) for the
> discovery of AWD in a sedan, hatchback or station wagon for the 2004 or
2005
> model year.
>
> Congratulations to Subaru for selling the 9-2X to Saab to help in Saab's
> "discovery" of AWD.
>
> signed---
>
> An Audi Driver.

And Congrats to Audi for fooling thousands of people into thinking that 90%
of their model range really is Quattro and not FWD ;-)

Re: congratulations, welcome, what took you so long?
 

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:30:53 -0500, audi <audi@nospam.com> wrote:
> Congratulations to Saab, Ford, Chrysler, and Nissan (Infiniti) for the
> discovery of AWD in a sedan, hatchback or station wagon for the 2004 or 2005
> model year.

Too bad Saab is allowing the brand to be diluted by marketing people.
This is similar to the introduction of the V6, for people who are more
interested in piston count than engine output.

> Congratulations to Subaru for selling the 9-2X to Saab to help in Saab's
> "discovery" of AWD.

It's never been necessary, with Saab's winter handling characteristics.
It's strictly a marketing move. If it allows the real Saab designs to
continue, it's tolerable.

Dave Hinz

Re: congratulations, welcome, what took you so long?
 

"audi" <audi@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:c2finu$gcc$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu...
> Congratulations to Saab, Ford, Chrysler, and Nissan (Infiniti) for the
> discovery of AWD in a sedan, hatchback or station wagon for the 2004 or
2005
> model year.

Chrysler's been making AWD sedans and wagons since the late '70s (the AMC
Eagle -- AMC was acquired by Chrysler in the 80s).

So I guess that Chrysler discovered this long before Audi.

Jeff

Re: congratulations, welcome, what took you so long?
 

Jeff wrote:
> "audi" <audi@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:c2finu$gcc$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu...
>> Congratulations to Saab, Ford, Chrysler, and Nissan (Infiniti) for
>> the discovery of AWD in a sedan, hatchback or station wagon for the
>> 2004 or 2005 model year.
>
> Chrysler's been making AWD sedans and wagons since the late '70s (the
> AMC Eagle -- AMC was acquired by Chrysler in the 80s).
>
> So I guess that Chrysler discovered this long before Audi.
>
> Jeff

And lets not forget the Eagle Talon, in AWD form w/ turbo it was/is a very
good platform to race with.

Re: congratulations, welcome, what took you so long?
 

sorry to disappoint you the eagle brand had awd alongtime ago in a sedan

audi wrote:

> Congratulations to Saab, Ford, Chrysler, and Nissan (Infiniti) for the
> discovery of AWD in a sedan, hatchback or station wagon for the 2004 or 2005
> model year.
>
> Congratulations to Subaru for selling the 9-2X to Saab to help in Saab's
> "discovery" of AWD.
>
> signed---
>
> An Audi Driver.