I'm contamplating moving back from the US to Europe sometime soon and would like to get a car that
- has permanent AWD
- Is relatively cheap to operate
So Subaru is out of question (too expensive to maintain where I'm moving to) and I'm thinking about something along the lines of Audi quattro. Was Audi
80 a good car? Is A3 cheap to operate? Does it have quattro?I'm pretty ignorant about quattro in the 5-10 y.o. audis. What are good readings on this? Is it a symmetrical system like that found on subaru's with a 5SP gearbox? What is the power distribution between the front and rear axels under normal driving conditions?
Does Audi like Subaru require that all tires are of the same circumference? That is, could you run different tires on front and rear wheels?
Thank you.