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

[David]

Ugg, I hate it when I totally flub up what I meant. I meant to say we will get the A3 sedan only...not the S2...

Dave

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> From: David <duandcc_forums at cox.net>
> Date: 2003/03/27 Thu AM 08:48:43 EST
> To: Scott Fisher <sfisher71 at yahoo.com>,  JordanVw at aol.com,
> 	lindgre at online.no
> CC: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Re: Audi A3...  why dont they import to US? (wasRe: Wheel size of a 2001 TTq
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> From what I've heard, us getting the S3 is unlikely. We are to get the S2 sedan only, no 2 doors and the S3 is only available in 2-door.... What a shame, the S3 is about the only new car out there that would make me give up my CGT.
>
> Dave
> 1987 CGT Special Build
> SE Virginia
> >
> > From: Scott Fisher <sfisher71 at yahoo.com>
> > Date: 2003/03/26 Wed PM 05:11:12 EST
> > 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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