Pondering

[John Cody Forbes]

Well that's true too, although you've already got the 1.8t and the V6 in the 
A4, TT (albeit with some extra punch), and A6. I can't confirm it, but I'd 
bet the A6/A8 V8 is the same or very close to the Touareg too.

How many of new Audi buyers know how to open the hood, or even that they are 
owned by VW?

-Cody


Huw Powell wrote:
> One issue is that if Audi makes a "splash" with some diesel
> powerplants, they'll have to be bulletproof or no one will ever want
> to buy one again.
> Question is, how much they can piggyback on the VW
> technology/experience without being perceived as "putting VW engines
> in an Audi"?
>> Danton J.A. Cardoso wrote:
>>> Maybe so, but look at BMW and Mercedes. BMW is known for performance
>>> and luxury, and some are oil burners.  Mercedes has their
>>> "workhorses" diesel powered-240 and 300D.  However, what about the
>>> 400 SEL and 300SEL?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM, John Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> My take is that the suit wearing white colar coporate types that
>>>> Audi *WANTS* to buy the cars have (and/or Audi's marketing fools
>>>> believe they have) the belief that diesel is a nasty dirty oily
>>>> mess that will cause you to smell horrible for 12 hours after
>>>> installing it in your vehicle and that diesel cars are noisy and
>>>> have trails of nasty smelly black smoke following them arround.
>>>> Until the marketing department thinks that the buyers think
>>>> otherwise we won't see the killer TDI's that Europe has.
>>>>
>>>> -Cody Forbes
>>
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