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> > 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/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org