So. Cal. QClub Picnic

["Paul E. Rivera" <rivera@deltanet.com>]

Thanks for all you folks coming today.
Special thanks to Gunther Jandic of Audi for bringing that gorgeous
A4 1.8T to the Picnic, sport seats and all.
It also had a Trp computer which they might start offering again.
While we did not get to drive this puppy, all of us oggled it and 
really enjoyed the straight scoop from Gunther.
He elaborated on new products. Looks like it is true that Automatics
(1.8T's) will come in at first. Looks like Audi is building all the cars 
it can make and they have a severe shortage of Audi cars worldwide.
That is good news for Audi. Now the A3 is being built and putting even 
more pressure on Audi factories. Ouch. So we get less cars to the US then
what they can sell. Sales up 40% again this year. 

The 1.8T will be followed by the 30V A4 and A6, with them being called
early 98 models coming in April or May. 0-60 in 6.6 (30V). Wow!

More news soon.

Thanks to Paul Timmerman, and Chris Nagano as well.
Cheers
Paul Rivera