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Hello,
I am composing a feature on the 1982 Quattro for Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, and I am in search of production totals for the Ur Quattro; the closest I can come is around 4,000 US sales, but I would like to be more specific. Perhaps someone could assist me?
Cheers,
David
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I am composing a feature on the 1982 Quattro for Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, and I am in search of production totals for the Ur Quattro; the closest I can come is around 4,000 US sales, but I would like to be more specific. Perhaps someone could assist me?
Cheers,
David
David B. Traver Adolphus
Associate Editor, Hemmings Motor News
www.hemmings.com
222 Main Street, Bennington, VT 05201
dadolphus@hemmings.com
802-447-9615
802-447-9678 fax
Read 'em all:
Hemmings Motor News - Hemmings Classic Car - Hemmings Muscle Machines - Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car
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Considering that there were only 664 some total US quattros from '80-'86, I would say your numbers..
are a bit high.
The sales figures for the quattro are in the shown in the attached link. It was imported to the US from '82 to '86. Note that the sales figure show a particular car sold in that year, not necessarily the model year of the car. So, few actual '82s were sold in '82 as most were classified as '83s. Worldwide, there were just over 11,560 quattros produced from '80 to '90.
Also note that the later cars shown from '89 to '92 were a different car, called the Coupe Quattro , which was built on a newer chassis than the quattro.
Note that the car's name was the quattro (no Coupe, no capitalization).
For good info on existing car, I would contact Bill Bremer who maintains the quattro registry.<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/model/historical/sales.html">Audi production numbers.</a></li></ul>
The sales figures for the quattro are in the shown in the attached link. It was imported to the US from '82 to '86. Note that the sales figure show a particular car sold in that year, not necessarily the model year of the car. So, few actual '82s were sold in '82 as most were classified as '83s. Worldwide, there were just over 11,560 quattros produced from '80 to '90.
Also note that the later cars shown from '89 to '92 were a different car, called the Coupe Quattro , which was built on a newer chassis than the quattro.
Note that the car's name was the quattro (no Coupe, no capitalization).
For good info on existing car, I would contact Bill Bremer who maintains the quattro registry.<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/model/historical/sales.html">Audi production numbers.</a></li></ul>
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cars imported and sold in U.S.
the car was only sold in the states for three years so there were only 664 cars imported between '83 and '85 to the US. between '82 and '83 525 cars were sold. in '84 65 cars were sold. in '85 73 cars were sold. hope this helps.
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Quattro IS capitalized for ur-Qs ...
though not on the decals on the car. The owners manual has a capital "Q" in Quattro. I know that's not definitive, but I was under the impression that the urQ was considered THE Quattro, and was the ONLY one that had a capital "q."
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bradym/UrQ/urQownersmanual.jpg
And here's another, even less definitive (!) capital "Q" urQ:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bradym/UrQ/urqtrumpcard.jpg<ul><li><a href="http://www3.sympatico.ca/bradym/UrQ/urQownersmanual.jpg">http://www3.sympatico.ca/bradym/UrQ/urQownersmanual.jpg</a></li></ul>
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bradym/UrQ/urQownersmanual.jpg
And here's another, even less definitive (!) capital "Q" urQ:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bradym/UrQ/urqtrumpcard.jpg<ul><li><a href="http://www3.sympatico.ca/bradym/UrQ/urQownersmanual.jpg">http://www3.sympatico.ca/bradym/UrQ/urQownersmanual.jpg</a></li></ul>
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Then how do you explain this?
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/22057/picture146_20aug05.jpg"></center><p>
This is the '90 quattro 20V (RR ur quattro) manual. Seems pretty clear to me.
Anyway, the jury is still out as far as I'm concerned. Grammatically, it should be capitalized, but in most of the factory service and marketing materials (the marketing material is what I would think carries more weight), the q is not capitalized, even when the font is changed.
I would say they screwed up the English manual...
This is the '90 quattro 20V (RR ur quattro) manual. Seems pretty clear to me.
Anyway, the jury is still out as far as I'm concerned. Grammatically, it should be capitalized, but in most of the factory service and marketing materials (the marketing material is what I would think carries more weight), the q is not capitalized, even when the font is changed.I would say they screwed up the English manual...
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