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

[Brett Dikeman]

At 9:53 PM -0500 3/26/03, TM wrote:

>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.

I heard it was an issue of -it did not pass US crash standards-.
Sorry.  That's what I heard.

Also, for the viewers at home, let's remind everyone we're talking
about the original A3, not the new incarnation.


>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.

Audi has repeatedly stated the reason the V8 was not coming with a 6
speed was they didn't have a tranny that could take the torque.  It
may have been a cop-out, but that's what they said.

Brett
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