A3 release

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Damn Brett- I thought the new Impreza is much, much better looking than
the bug-eyed current version.

With the released weight of the Evo8 being nearly the same as the WRX,
it's a toss-up. The Evo8 has a FMIC, which is very nice, but the WRX STi
has an adjustable bias center diff.

The R32 is compelling but not in the same class- it's a very luxurious,
fast car, while the STi and Evo8 are very, very fast and agile tinboxes.

Had I the option, I'd keep the big Audi and get either the Evo or the
STi,
to have the best of both worlds- a nice, luxurious cruiser for the
highway
and a street fighter/track monster.

The Caterham is far too hardcore for me. I don't like bugs-in-the-teeth
driving.


Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:32 PM
To: DGraber460 at aol.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: A3 release


At 3:27 PM -0500 2/14/03, DGraber460 at aol.com wrote:
>Everyone else probably already knows, but I noticed in the Autoweek I
>got yesterday the A3 will be released in the states in 2005


Yes, and the pigs will look down and wave to Satan, sharpening his
skates. ;-)

Then again, Audi and VW are probably feeling pretty outclassed right
now, so maybe it will happen.  The Golf R-whatever invokes the notion
"dead coming out the door" compared to the Lancer EVO 8 and the WRX STi,
both of which are due, well, pretty much any day now, not "in a year or
two."  Yeah, the golf interior's gonna be nicer, but with gobs more HP,
less weight, and more room(small sedan vs. little box), who cares?

   I don't particularly care for the very latest Evo's changes in
sheetmetal and interior(I really like the 7), but otherwise, hoo-boy.
It's officially on my "cars I'd sell my soul for" list, along with the
Caterham R500*(that lovely blue, with carbon fiber nose and fenders,
please) and possibly the Skyline GT-R.

The STi?  Beauty may only be skin deep, but it's still Fugly with a
capital F :-)

Brett
*name comes from the HP/ton ratio. Hint: weighs 1,000lb.  Plus, you get
to put it together.  How cool is that?
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