Re: [T3] Hills and heat

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

> > Now that we know what a gutless lump an automatic Type 34 is, it's hardly
> > surprising that they made so few. It was after all supposed to compete with
> > the Porsches and Alfa Romeos of the time. It would be funny if it wasn't so
> > embarrassing.
>

I doubt it was expected to compete with them on a performance basis, but rather
on a styling, value for money and reliability.  Apart from a few private Type 3
and
freaky Beetle racing/rallying successes,  VW didn't manage to compete on
performance
until the Golf GTi and Audi Quattro came out.  ;-)

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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