hasn't audi come a long way?

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Dave, I enjoy reading these reviews, and they let off a cheer inside me for a marque I dealy love (as far as cars and brands go)...but unfortunately for someone like me, even with a 6 figure household income, I won't be owning either of the two cars below for a long time - so I go out and wrench on my 80tq some more to make myself feel good.  Does it surprise me that an $85k Audi is an excellent car?  Absolutely not, especially in light of Audi's donimation in LeMans, its clear they have the technology to build the best cars in the world.  It is more shocking to me how Audi got into its late 80's, early 90's slump, don't forget that Audi enjoyed similar success and acclaim all thruought the 80's, it was an unpredictable PR event that blind-sided them so powerfully that it took almost 10 years to recover from it, but all the while, I don't believe Audi's cars were actually the major problem.

Now, if I picked up my next C&D and in a category of cars such as the WRX, Neon turbo, etc Audi had a winning car, that may garner some excitement in me, enough so to go to my local dealership with serious intent.

I understand Ferrari and Lamo make some excellent cars for above $200k...whoop de do?  I wouldn't know.

Living with reality,

Javad

>don't you remember where audi in the usa was virtually dead, like the parrot
>in the monty python sketch - just waiting for someone to take it away?  where
>every vaguely positive review was seized upon by this list as proof that the
>thing wasn't nailed to the perch, but was actually just comatose?
>
>now i read the may "car and driver" magazine, and find that they chose the rs6
>over the m5 and new e55  saying that the rs6 "inspires confidence that goes
>beyond its rivals - an endearing trait in this category".
>
>i read on and find that in the comparison between the m3, the c32 and the new
>s4, that the s4 wins. "the quattro's stern discipline keeps redistributing the
>driving torque allowing you to get the throttle open early, yet cling confidently
>to your intended line. This is a car that will work with you! few sporting cars
>are this open in their communication, so disinclined to mischief. of this trio,
>the s4 is in a class by itself, scoring the full 10 points in our handling rating,
>two above the m3 and three above the c32.  it also earned a 10 in fun to drive,
>decisively above the others"...
>
>here we have these "break-through" reviews in the usa, and it hardly raises
>comment.
>
>audi has come this far in 8 years.
>
>dave
>'01 s8
>