ebay: Roudi’s Ford F350 Based Audi 5000 SUV
[SOURCE] For unknown reasons we share the same lust for circus-type creations like Roudi’s Audi SUV as the boyz down at Jalopnik. And why shouldn’t we -its not as if you can find everyday an ‘85 Audi 5000s sitting on top of a Ford F350 4x4 chassis with a 390 c.i. V8 engine and monster truck wheels. REPRESENT !!Automotive Mythology
'Riddle' of unintended acceleration solved. (unintended acceleration in automobiles)PR Newswire | January 22, 1988 | Copyright
RIDDLE' OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION SOLVED [in 1988 ?]
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 20 1988 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a phenomenon that's been widely reported, has gone largely unexplained, and it's made the Audi 5000 the "bad guy" of the auto industry.
Unintended acceleration is a malfunction that has rocked the auto industry, with reports of approximately 3,000 accidents resulting in more than 400 injuries and 50 deaths. In the February issue of Road & Track, highway affairs editor John Tomerlin examines the problem and provides some answers to this riddle.
Audi of America to contact owners of 1984-1986 Audi 5000 equipped with automatic transmission to have a device installed which will reduce unintended acceleration.
PR Newswire | July 23, 1986
TROY, Mich., July 23 1986 /PRNewswire/ -- Audi of America today announced it will contact owners of 1984-1986 model Audi 5000 series vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions in order to have a new device installed which will significantly reduce the occurrence of unintended acceleration.
The company will address the issue of unintended acceleration in a three-part program. First, owners of recent-model 5000 vehicles with automatic transmissions will be notified by letter of the company's actions in response to unintended acceleration. Audi ... yep!Unexplained Automotive Everything ...
Audi of America Inc. to recall 1978-86 Audi 5000s to install a device to prevent unintended acceleration.
PR Newswire | January 15, 1987 | Copyright
TROY, Mich., Jan. 15 1987 /PRNewswire/ -- Audi of America, Inc. announced today that it will recall 250,000 1978-86 Audi 5000s, as requested by the federal government, to install a device to help prevent "unintended acceleration."
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in late December requested Audi to install the Automatic Shift Lock under the provisions of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Today, Audi agreed to the request.
The Automatic Shift Lock is a unique device designed by Audi to substantially reduce the incidence… of HOCUS POCUS Auto Mythology .... REPRESENT !!
* [1978 --1988] 3,000 accidents
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* more than 400 injuries
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* and 50 deaths
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