Date:         Sat, 29 May 2004 23:57:30 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: no VW sports cars?
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>Audis are luxury cars sold on a professional racing/rally heritage, so
>while some of them (like the S4) are sports cars, the rest are mostly just
>luxury (with a bit of go behind them, typically.)

Sedans are NOT sportscars. They can be sporty, but that doesn't make
them sportscars. Same with coupes like the Scirocco. The original
Audi Quattro Sport is a bit more problematic to pigeonhole.

>the Golf G60 Rallye was supercharged instead of turbo,

Turbos ARE superchargers.

>So I assume one of your main criteria for a sports car is that it has to
>cost a hell of a lot? ;)

Nope. Fortunately. Mazda's Eunos Roadster (Mazda MX-5, called "Miata"
for some reason in the US) springs to mind.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut