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edan only, no 2 doors and the S3 is only available in 2-door.... What a sha=
me, the S3 is about the only new car out there that would make me give up m=
y 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 o=
f 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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