Audi vs. Subaru sales

[Ti Kan]

Brian Sullivan writes:
> Yes, Audis are fun to drive, but it doesn't mean they couldn't clean up
> their act in terms the things Andrew mentioned. Enjoying a particular brand
> doesn't mean you can't hope for better engineering.

VW and Audi has been making great strides at improving their products
over the years.  Many people on this list are comparing their experiences
with 10+ or so year old VW/Audi to the modern offerings from other
companies and I don't think that's fair.  I own the gamut of Audis from
80s to present and I have a unique perspective on this.  Current Audis are
really beautifully designed, engineered and built.  They take a backseat to
no other in terms of performance, style, quality or reliability.  I wrote
a retrospective on my departing A4q recently, which is a shining example of
excellence.  As much as I LOVE my older Audis (and those old Audis are
staying with me), they cannot match the modern A4 when it comes to the
quality/reliability factors.  The A4 needed no more than routine maintenance
and basically nothing broke over my 4.5 years of ownership.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo (coming)
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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