Audi models not coming to US

[William Murin <murinw@cs.uwp.edu>]

Sunday's Chicago Tribune had the following Audi-related item in a longer 
story about the Geneva Auto Show:

"Audi S8, the performance companion to the big A8 Quattro sedan that 
debuts this fall in the US.  The more potent S8 gets a 4.2 liter, 340hp, 
twin-cam, V8, firmer suspension and ultralow-profile tires on six-spoke 
alloy wheels.  No U.S. version of this limited edition model is planned."

>From another part of the same story:

"A well-known Italian marque, Isotta Fraschini, has been resurrected and
appears on a pair of Audi-based sports cars--a coupe and a convertible 
designated T8.  Reportedly based on an earier styling study by 
Italdesign, the T8 uses the 4.2 liter, 300hp, twin-cam, V-8 and all wheel 
drive Quattro systems from the Audi A8.  There are no plans to market the 
new 2+2 models in the U.S.

:(

Bill Murin