quattro Digest, Vol 5, Issue 115 Audi's Future-5 L future rant

[Larry C Leung]

With Audi, as I recall, the I-5 was to replace a "lowly" 4 without 
taking up as much space (remember, longitudinally ahead 
of the front axle) of a 6. This was on the type 43.

Gawd I'm old enough to remember this.....

As for GM......

LL - NY

> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 07:06:09 -0500
> From: Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: [audi] RE: Audi's Future-5 L future rant
> To: "Livolsi, Stephane" <Stephane.Livolsi at investorsgroup.com>
> Cc: Audi Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
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> Livolsi, Stephane wrote:
> > Well.....GM has jumped onto the I5 bandwagon for some of their
> > trucks.....and I think they want to sell a lot of them....
> 
> Is the I5 a replacement for a lowly 4?
> Or is it a "lets make the base price cheaper by
> offering a 5 instead of a 6" decision?
> 
> I still think the US consumer mind set, when faced
> with a choice between 4, 5, and 6 cylinders, will
> tend to go with the bigger number, unless fuel
> economy or initial purchase cost is a factor.
> 
> It will be interesting to compare numbers, once
> they have some history.
> 
> Kent
> 
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