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

[Jason Mawhinney]

I would seriously doubt that the A3 wouldn't pass when the sister car (VW
Golf) passes the crash test.  I would have to agree with Taka that the
reason the car wasn't imported was the DOT certification and Audi's doubts
that the car would sell well or make their company look less
up-scale.  Audi has been trying very hard to regain its upscale image and
they thought the A3 would probably not go well with their image.
Jason


>Brett-
>You've got it wrong- the cost of DOT certification is the major
>reason, when factored into potential sales. The A3 crash tests are
>fine, it doesn't, AFAIK, "fail" the US crash standards.
>
>Same problem with getting the 6-speed manual with the V8 engines-
>the potential sales are too low, so they decided against it. We'll
>see if this changes with the introduction of the S4 4.2.
>
>Taka