New A3, New V6 TT, New S4

[iain.atkinson at tesco.net]

Folks

lucky me working for audi in the uk i just got back tonight from 2 days in portugal driving the new A3. What a great car knocks spots off the old one, great steering, sharp handling and looks good too, dorve the 2.0 fsi and the 2.0 140 bhp tdi, tdi stands out from the 2.0 fsi due to it's torque.

We also got drive on a handling course the ttc v6 with dsg box, all i can say is this is the tt that should have been built from day 1, the engine is fantastic and sounds glorious, the box is smooth and totally unlike normal auto box's, strange to think that rohrl drove with this box years ago!!!!

S4 avant, real grunty and a top tool again sounds beautiful although didn't drive it much, i am lucky to have the privelege.

Oh and the new A3 will be coming with 3.2 v6 and dsg box as well as manual, this is not going to be the S3 that will be something else.

Looks like there will be a new A6 in 2004, new TT in 2005, a4 coupe on 2005, and the pikes peak and nouvolari projects will come to frution later on.


Iain