Kent Christensen wrote: > Why did Synchros come with wider tires? My theories: > > 1. Extra weight of Synchro equipment made cargo weight capacity > less--not politically correct, and fixed with higher load capacity > tires. Actually they didn't! My 87 runs on 185R14, just as any other 87 2wd. In the competitive US market, the wider tires were put on to give the car better handling, especially after the Suzuki Samurai deal, where it flipped over. Mercedes copied that feat a couple of years ago, in the Moose-test done by Swedish journalists. PerL 87 Syncro 112i |
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