FW: Feedback - Audi Website

["Jonathan Linkov" <ValiumNJ@classic.msn.com>]

Another maddening response from AoA in regards to my e-mail about the S4!

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From: 	volktalk
Sent: 	Tuesday, September 16, 1997 5:03 PM
To: 	valiumnj@msn.com
Subject: 	Feedback - Audi Website

Dear Jonathan:

Thank you for contacting Audi of America. We appreciate your taking the time
to express your admiration for the S4. 

Your opinion matters. We have forwarded your suggestions to the appropriate
individuals.

Sincerely,

Charlie
AudiTalk


>Date: Fri Sep 12 20:56:16 EDT 1997
>From: WebServ@ahu003.abh.vw.com
>Subject: Feedback - Audi Website
>To: audi.talk@vw.com, audimail@netpub.com
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>From: audi.robot@www.audi.com
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>date=name=Jonathan Linkov
email=valiumnj@msn.com
comments=As the owner of a 1996 A4q, I am active on numerous Internet lists
and web pages, I ama member of QCUSA and I 
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>have participated in many local rallies.  So, I was very excited to see the
pictures of the new S4, particularly the Avant, and was even happier to hear
that it may arrive in the US as early as spring of 1998.
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>However, I was VERY disapointed to read on my e-mail list (the q-list) that
the car we may be getting is a detuned single turbo version.  Why does Audi
constantly ignore the US market?  Are you repaying loyal buyers for the
Unintended Acceleration scare? 
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> It is not OUR fault; we have stuck by the marque through the bad years,
even when it was rumoured that you would pull out of the US.
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>BMW and Porsche, and Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar to an extent, have shown that
you CAN sell high performing luxury cars in the US.  M3 coupes and sedans
are commonplace in the Washington DC area, as are M5s, XJ-Rs and 500E
models.  Why does Audi save their b
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>est products for the rest of the world, but not eh US?  We get a few S4 and
S6 models.  Where are the S2, S6+ and S8?    The afficianados here want to
have performance with the superior quattro handling.  As of now, you force
us to choose between the over
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>priced M3 (performance) and a quattro (handling/all weather).  Can't we get
a chance at a world-beater like Europe?
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>Please bring the S4 30 valve TWIN-turbo to the US, particularly the Avant.
I'll take the silver one.  My name would already be on a waiting list if the
dealers of the Washington had a clue and would look at the pictures of the
car on the web.  You have a
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> loyal customer base that is finally growing.  Make your dealers better
informed, keep them from developing their early-1980s superiority
complex/attitude and bring in the cars that perform.  I assure you, unless
you price them out of the market, you will
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