RE: A3: first sighting

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Speaking of models, do you know of any of the 90-based Coupe/S2/RS2?

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Ian Duff, 1990 Coupe quattro 20v, Red/Black

Home: New Bedford, MA, USA
Work: Charter Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA
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>From: 	tnas@dtpdirect.nl[SMTP:tnas@dtpdirect.nl]
>Sent: 	Monday, 09 September, 1996 04:58 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	A3: first sighting
>
>Hi there!
>
>Yesterday I saw my first A3 eye-to-headlight! It is indeed a great
>looking
>car- very sexy in shape and well-proportioned. It hasn't even been
>officially introduced in Holland, so I guess this sighting is due to my
>living near to the Dutch Audi importer_ this has already yielded an A8
>sighting before its introduction. The A3 was painted in the
>orangey-gold
>metallic colour that's been used in press introductions so far. 'In the
>flesh' it looked beautiful, in the late-afternoon sunlight. I'd like
>one of
>these cars, but I guess I would take a more conservative colour: more
>pleasing in the long term and better for resale.
>BBC's Top Gear gave it a rave review last Thursday. Jeremy Clarkson,
>who's
>notoriously hard to please, said that its dynamic qualities are 'OK'
>but
>its looks are fantastic. According to him it's a sure bet for the
>European
>Car of the year '97 award. Clarkson's an Audi fan BTW: I've just
>finished
>his book 'Clarkson on cars' (a very good read) and he's got lots of
>nice
>things to say about our favourite cars. I hope I will get an invitation
>for
>the introduction party (as they sent me for the A4 Avant some months
>ago)...
>
>BTW- model fans: the A3 was released in 1:43 model form a couple of
>months
>ago already. It's a very good looking model, made by Paul's Model
>Art/Minichamps of Germany (who do the great A4 touring car racer as
>well).
>It should be available here soon for about equiv. $25.
>
>Bye,
>
>Tom
>1988 80 1.8S FWD (not likely to be replaced in the near future)
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