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AudiWatch Update (Tm) #46
AudiWatch Update (Tm) #46 10-26-94
AUDI IN THE NEWS
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WORLD NEWS THIS WEEK pg 3, AW, Oct 3, 94
GTI + VR6 = F-U-N
VW's six-cylinder GTI is ready to challenge again in a market it
created 12 years ago. (big article pg 26, Ed.)
VW PASSAT GLX VR6 WAGON, pg 31
When the going gets rough, go get a manual tranny
Five-passenger, four-door station wagon, 172 HP, 2.8 liter V6,
four-speed automatic trans.....
WORLD NEWS THIS WEEK pg 3 AW, Oct 17, 94
Audi announces price slashing in Paris; biggest cuts come on Quattro versions
AUDI'S DUTY
Saying that value must become part of the purchase equation, (again, Ed.)
Audi of America vice president Gerd Klauss announced a major restructuring
of the company's pricing strategy, including the lowering of stickers by and
average of 11 percent. The biggest change is uncoupling the four-wheel-drive
Quattro system from expensive option packages that often made those models
$6k-$9k more expensive that two-wheel-drive versions.
Instead, Quattro will be offered as a $1,500 stand-alone option across the
board. Audi prices will start at $25,670 for a 2WD 90 (a decrease of $2,150)
to $45,270 for the S6 ( a decrease of $3,800 from a comparably equipped S4).
The biggest price reductions are in the 100 range, now called A6. Base A6
models start at $30,600, a price cut of some $4,520, while the top-line
A6 Quattro wagon is $37,750, a drop of $9,270.
Klauss expects the price reductions to help boost Audi's 14,000 annual US
sales to about 20,000 cars per year.
PARIS AUTOSHOW, pg 14
VW's conecpt minivan.....will be built in Portugal....'powered by Porsche'....
2.8-liter VR6 engine to exhale 252 HP.....drives all four wheels.....
0-60 in 8 secs.....140 MPH.....
BEETLE 2? pg 15
VW will decide to produce a car like its Concept 1 by year end. If the
Beetle-inspired car is built, said VW boss Ferdinad Piech, it will be done
in Pueblo, Mexico, at a rate no less that 100,00 a year, and "it will be more
beautiful than the one you have seen," Piech also said VW will reduce its
platform total from 16 to 4, but increase bodystyles by 10 to around 30,
with more trim levels and cabrios. Thus the company could introduce about 6
new cars a year until 2000, Piech said
AUDIS IN COMPETITION
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NEW AUDI PARTS SOURCES & SERVICES
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COMPANIES *NOT* TO DO BUSINESS WITH
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*RETRACTION*
My difficulties with B&D Audo Parts in Shirley MA have been
resolved to my satisfaction. After buying two bad parts in a row, and having
any guarantee service refused, we reached an acceptable agreement, though not
without the help of the .net . I drove down the their establishment and
advised them about the existence of the Quattro newsgroup and also of the
AudiWatch Update (Tm). After extending them another final and last chance to
make good on the bad parts (an alternator and an airco condendsor) they fairly
and rightfully decided to offer me a credit for the amount of the parts.
Thus ends the saga of B&D Auto Parts and I hereby retract my offical
recommendation to avoid them. They are good at locating used Audi parts and
I suspect that they will be more accomodating of future warranty support
requests, Ed.
European Traffic aka Mid-Atlantic Automotive
Parts screw-ups, shipping screw-ups, credit-card billing before parts
actually ship, poor service, as reported on the .net
SUPERCHIPS, grossly misleading advertising claiming CPU chip upgrades
where, in fact, no CPU chip reprogramming is done in many applications,
as discussed at great length on the .net
AUDIS OF INTEREST FOR SALE/WANTED
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AUDI TURBO QUATTRO WAGON, 91, 217 HP, 62K mi, ext warr to 86K, xlnt cond,
$24,000 810-865-1636 MN AW 10-17-94
AUDI GT COUPE QUATTRO TURBO (sic), 83, silver, excep orig cond and maint,
$9,000, ASU 616-772-6444 AW 10-17-94
91 AUDI 200 QUATTRO 20V TURBO, pearl/gray, 23K mi, w/TAP chip & adj. boost
H&R sp springs, 17" whls, Alpine sys, $24,900 314-536-9661 MO AW 10-17-94
93 AUDI S4 QUATTRO, silver/black, 29K mi, $36.9k
93 AUDI QUATTRO WAGON, blk/cream, AT, 14K mi, $32.9k, both perfect, nvr
damaged, must sell one!/Trades? Dick 612-925-1418/e; 612-939-9282/d MN AW 10-17
AUDI 83 TURBO QUATTRO CPE - fast, silver/brown, CD, 2nd owner, good cond,
12K mi, $8495/OBO 303-526-1793 CO AW 10-3-94
RALLY CARS ETC.
1990 AUDI TURBO QUATTRO COUPE $30k,
90-92 SCCA PRO RALLY Overall Champion (Paul Choiniere/Jeff Becker,
Buffum prepared)
1190 VW Golf 16V, Groupe 2 $15k
1990 VW Rally Golf-Street Car $27k
Vermont Sportscar, 802-655-3533 AW 8-29
AUDI QUATTROS (3) 91 20V Turbo Wagon, 45k, $24.9k, 90 200 Sedan, 152k, $10.45k,
83 Coupe, 92k, $10.5k 410-841-6828 AW 9-12
AUDI QUATTRO COUPE, 90, 20V, new tires, tune-up, battery, 43k mi,
$13.9k, OBO Must Sell (201) 838-9191 AW 8-29
AUDI QAUTTRO COUPE, 83, chip, updated dash, 8" rims, sports springs, leather,
A/C, CC, phone, body and interior excellent, black. low miles,
$11.5k, 916-582-4862 CA AW 9-12
AUDI QUATTRO V8, 90, teal/leather, auto, books & records, call Sean Riley,
$14.2k, 502-448-6666 KY AW 9-5
Vorsprung durch Technik,
-glen