Allroads are hitting the showrooms

[Bryan Rodgers]

I was kinda surprised as to amount of interior space (or lack of) the Jeep
Cherokee had, considering it's SUV status. I was trapped in the back of one
during a trip to Calgary... ...it was about as comfy as the backseat of my
friends Civic Si...I ate my knees the whole trip.

...I have another friend who wants to sell his Subaru wagon (another
surprise about lack of interior space...for a wagon)and 'upgrade' to a
Toyota 4Runner, he asked my opinion and although I think the 4runner is a
nice SUV, I also think it’s overkill for him(he never ventures outta the
city...) I told him to have a look at the A6... ...but then he grumbled
about the price!

Then he talked about taking the whole family(Mom, Dad, grandma and two kids
in childseats) on a road trip to California... ...well sure the SUV might be
a bit roomier for the trip out there, but what about the other 50 weeks in
the year...

Ya gotta shake yer head sometimes...

B

The Allroad kicks ass.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Dyer
To: quattro at audifans.com
Sent: 01/12/00 5:42 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Allroads are hitting the showrooms

I think it could work if Audi markets it aggressively. But I think a
major 
chunk of SUV buyers are buying size, perceiving size/overall height = 
safety--ground clearance means nothing to them.


>From: Douglas Frank <frank at zk3.dec.com>
>To: quattro list <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: Allroads are hitting the showrooms
>Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 16:34:49 -0500
>
>Ameer Antar wrote:
> >
> > I wonder how well Audi will do w/ this. Most people are too dumb to
> > understand this is better than a suv w/ fixed ride height.
>
>Depressingly, I suspect you're right.  It's not an SUV-- it's not
>truck-based, and neither tall enough or massive enough.  I
>predict it will fail in the market.  It's not what people want.
>It's what people *should* want, which is not the same thing.
>
>--
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