Why Audi stopped rallying

Matt Van Bogart mvanbogart at hotmail.com
Tue May 8 15:30:38 EDT 2001


Wasn't Audi doing the IMSA  or Trans Am thing?

Isn't the A3 and Golf built on the same platform?  Look at the Focus, 206, 
Citron Kit Car and Hyundai Accent - smaller than the Lancer, Subaru and the 
tank of Skoda.  Yeah, I can see the A3 in the mix.

MVB


>From: "Joseph Rae" <quattro at centurytel.net>
>To: "Erik Addy" <erikaddy at yahoo.com>,   "Martin Suryadarma" 
><msuryadarma at mail.wesleyan.edu>,   "Matt Van Bogart" 
><mvanbogart at hotmail.com>
>CC: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: Why Audi stopped rallying
>Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 13:50:49 -0700
>
>I think that the A3 could be very competitive right now in WRC... Look at
>the pugeot 206....
>
>Joe
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Erik Addy" <erikaddy at yahoo.com>
>To: "Martin Suryadarma" <msuryadarma at mail.wesleyan.edu>; "Matt Van Bogart"
><mvanbogart at hotmail.com>
>Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:18 PM
>Subject: RE: Why Audi stopped rallying
>
>
> >
> > --- Martin Suryadarma <msuryadarma at mail.wesleyan.edu>
> > wrote:
> > > Okay, group B was banned. But all the other
> > > manufacturers switched to WRC,
> > > why not Audi?
> >
> > Well, I don't think they were in a position to make a
> > really competitve car.  Look at how small the
> > competitor cars were.  Based on econoboxes, a market
> > audi wasn't in.  The A3 would be about the right size,
> > though....
> >
> > Erik
> >
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