Audi's Future

[Mike Arman]

>From: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>

>Hmm, according to audiworld, the ultimte
> > resource for 80's Audis, I'm right about the 5kt 130 hp figure, but all
> > the UrQ's were 156 hp.
>Only the ones sent across the pond - Audi was afraid you Yanks would hurt 
>yourselves if you
>got the proper 200 bhp version.

No, the problem is not that Audi was afraid we'd hurt ourselves with only 
200 hp to play with - Audi has just never quite managed to figure out that 
what sells cars in the USA is HORSEPOWER - raw, unadulterated, 
unapologetic, unrestrained HORSEPOWER, pure and simple.

AMG figured it out. Porsche figured it out. Even the Italians figured it 
out - but only if the name of the car ends in "i" - note how many Fiats are 
still running here.

There are mommievans here - the lowest and most despicable form of 
automotive transportation on the planet bar only the Yugo - that have more 
than 200 hp - what Audi doesn't understand is that WE are not driving 
around on narrow, winding roads originally laid out two millennia ago by 
the Romans.

Sure, its nice if it corners, and yes, we'd really like it to stop, too, 
but if it DOESN'T GO everything else is moot, and we're not buying it.

As far as the USA is concerned, cars START at 200 hp. You wanna sell cars 
here, they better have some b*lls.

Best Regards,
Mike Arman