RE: [non] vw awd's

["Scott Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>]

I stand corrected. Thanks for the info!

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> Not true.  The initial syncro system used by VW was a 3 diff 
> system the same 
> as the quattro. Both were introduced in 1985.
> Later VW syncros, as first seen on the VW bus, I think, were viscous 
> coupling versions, which work in the way you described.
> The second generation quattro system was not the same as the VW 
> syncro and 
> used the torsen diff instead of the VC for drive distribution. 
> This type of 
> system is in the current passat syncro and 4-motion, as far as I 
> can see. I 
> don't think is is exactly the same as the quattro but it works in 
> much the 
> same way.
> The golf 4-motion is using a haldex system which is the same as 
> the current 
> A3 quattro.
> 


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