Audi A3... why dont they import to US? (wasRe: Wheel size of a 2001 TTq?

[Livolsi, Stephane]

Well, since you started this...

if it was truly a free country, I would drive

an Audi S8 - for commuting to work and long road trips
a Nissan Skyline - for spanking anything else on the road
a 1964 Landrover for camping expeditions ( I guess it's sort of a free
country cuz this is already in the works)
a 1950's vintage Mercedes Unimog for going any damn place I want to...:)

Stephane

> ----------
> From: 	Scott Fisher[SMTP:sfisher71 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 	March 26, 2003 2:11 PM
> To: 	JordanVw at aol.com; lindgre at online.no
> Cc: 	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: 	Re: Audi A3... why dont they import to US? (wasRe: Wheel
> size of a 2001 TTq?
>
>
> --- JordanVw at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > speaking of which, why did audi never import the A3
> > to the us?
>
> Too low a profit margin, cuts into Golf sales, reduces
> Audi's image as premium brand.  US buyers
> traditionally associate hatchbacks with cheap economy
> cars (think Pinto) while European buyers used to see
> hatchbacks as slightly upscale.
>
> Me, I've said for years that if it really was a free
> country, I'd have an Alfa 156 Sportwagon for my wife
> to take the kids places, an Audi S3 for getting over
> the Cascades in bad weather, and a Lotus Elise for
> blasting around the twisties.  But I'd be careful
> saying anything like that now, lest some redneck start
> frothing at the mouth.  It's just about the CARS,
> guys, it's only about the CARS...
>
> --Scott Fisher
>   Tualatin, Oregon
>
>
>
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