Audi vs. Subaru sales

[Brian Sullivan]

I had that impression, and it's good to hear...

> From: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:26:09 -0800 (PST)
> To: brians at tellink.net (Brian Sullivan)
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com (Quattro List)
> Subject: Re: Audi vs. Subaru sales
> 
> 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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