Audi Sales-droids

[Edward Birch]

"Steve Arbaugh" wrote..........
>Went to the Seattle auto show yesterday<snip>to ask the Audi sales-droids
about >plans for any TDI's coming over.  Well, once the blank stare left his
face and he >asked me what a TDI was, I knew the poor soul didn't have a
clue, and frankly, he >didn't want one as he tried to sell me an
allroad......

Incredible, isn't!  Why sell a 40mpg Turbo-Diesel A6 when you can market a
popular gas-guzzling SUV. I've heard the excuses for not importing TDI
powered cars: poor quality Diesel fuel in the US, clean-air standards,
Federal crash testing standards, Diesel noise, hard starting in cold
weather, etc!  There's a move by the Feds to require from the Oil companies
a cleaner burning Diesel fuel.   Of course the Oil companies are resisting.

>The VW droid knew what a TDI was, but said no more variations were planned
for >our shores.

VW sells each 'n every TDI brought into USA.  BTW, VW's 3-cylinder
Turbo-Diesel Lupo sqeezes 90mpg on European roadways.

Ed Birch

93-100S