Re: [OT] Cimmarron

[Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>]

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Steven Ayres wrote:

> PerL=> I'm glad we never  saw the type 3
> => badged as something scary.
>
> On the other hand, there's a fertile bed for imagining here -- what look and
> features might a Type 3 Audi have had? I don't really know much about Audi,
> its market or even whether it was associated with VW in the Type 3 period.
> Might a cross-badging or Audi technology have helped boost production or
> performance? Just thinkin' ....
VW bought Auto Union from Mrecedes in 1965, Auto Union was formed in the 
1930s, and consisted of Audi, Horch, DKW and NSU. In 1965, the Audi name 
wasnt used, the cars were marketed as NSU, DKW and Auto Union. They were 
mostly 2-stroke engined cars, and pretty low volume cars compared to VW 
at the time.

In the late 60's VW chose to bring the old Audi name from the 30's back 
into the light, and also chose to try to market it as an uplevel brand 
to compete with Mercedes and BMW. It took a long time for them to 
accomplish that, but at the time, there wasnt much that VW's model range 
would have benefitted from. The NSU, DKW and Auto Union names were 
dropped by the early 70's

It wasnt until the Audi 80 (aka Audi Fox in USA) was introduced in 1972 
that the VW range took advantage of this, with the first generation 
Passat (aka Dasher) being a fastback and Variant version of the 80, as 
you all know, the Passat was introduced as the replacement for the Type 3.

The Passat is also a Type 3, even today! The first generation was a type 
32, where the Fasty and Notch were known as the type 31. Today's Passat 
is called the Type 3B.

PerL
73 Variant L
And an Audi...

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