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Originally Posted by Frank Lee

I don't know how that works. That's what the dude said, back in the '80s and he didn't expound on it IIRC.


Audi quattro

Ahhh- here we are:

Popular Mechanics - Google Books

Sounds interesting, but I'm not familiar with any Audis that can flesh out that theory in terms of FE, at least according to the EPA (and my limited VAG experience). Of the models that I'm familiar with, available both in FWD and quattro (or haldex), the FWD always is rated at a better mpg. Maybe that wasn't the case with the early 80's models? Go figure.