interesting sighting

[Chris Dyer]

Actually you hit the nail on the head.  According to Piech, Audi's job is to 
compete w/Bimmer, Vdubs vs. M-Bs. In Europe this is/has already 
happened--cheapy M-B vans driven by carpenters, and the A-class for example.

Other Piech ponderings:

(Skoda vs. Panoz?)
(SEAT vs. SAAB?)
(Lambo vs. Cadillac?)
(Bugatti vs. Kawasaki?)
(Bentley vs. Schwinn?)


>From: "Ken Keith" <auditude at neta.com>
>Reply-To: auditude at neta.com
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: interesting sighting
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:24:44 -0700
>
>That would make sense, since VW is moving upmarket.
>Something's got to fill in the gap.  That would be so cool if it were
>some little compact cars, that were fitted with the 1.8t motor.  I can
>see it now, an end of the era of Honda and DSM tuning, with a
>bunch of turbo VAG products running around on the streets.
>
>So, then the VW goes up against MBZ, Audi gets pushed up to the
>ultra-luxury sector?  I say take it up against Bimmer's, and add
>some more performance bias to the line.
>
>But yes, I live in Arizona, and I see various new VW's and stuff
>being tested.  I've seen SUV's with stealth body cladding (like a
>body bra, or a ghillie suit for a car) going down the street.  So, if
>these were just test mules, I wouldn't be surprised.
>
>Ken
>
>"Rave Racer 2000" <Ravewar at home.com> wrote:
> >
> >     Actually, motorvision TV, on what I think was TSN, spotted a Lupo 
>with
> > Skoda badges in Oklahoma.  It was painted like a cow?  It was definately 
>a
> > lupo, but was an extended version of a station wagon type of mid sized 
>car.
> > The cow paint threw me off, but Motorvision claimed that there were 
>rumors
> > that it hadn't been decided yet which VAG sub company was to be imported
> > stating that it was definately one of those two (Seat/Skoda).
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
> > To: George Plsek <gplsek at hotmail.com>
> > Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: interesting sighting
> >
> > > > They all had test equipment hooked up to them as well as 
>manufactuers
> > > > plates. Are we about to see another VW/AUDI product in the states 
>under the
> > > > Skoda name plate? I heard of VW bringing a third make to the US for 
>the low
> > > > end market, that would be either Skoda or SEAT.
> > >
> > > More likely that VW and Audi are just doing testing on these cars.
> > > They often do this in Arizona and other locales for various 
>environmental
> > > testing, but these sightings do not necessarily mean that those models
> > > are going to be imported to the US.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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