Re: All-Road A Go For Y2K

[Joe Fritz <fritz-happ@erols.com>]

Virtual Bob wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, c a l i b a n wrote:
> 
> >       anyway, when will these come to america?  ever?  what are
> >       they expected to fetch, around $45k?
> 
> Surprisingly, better than average. The All-Road was made for American
> public (who craze after those SUV types). Rest of the world is quite
> content with the regular Avant. 

Not quite, the car is being made for Europe too!  Just as crazy?



I guess Audi was trying to fill the void
> of SUVness while trying to decide if "real" SUV is necessary. Remember,
> the All-Road was conjured up before VW had a plan for that new SUV
> platform which is now officially shared with Porsche. And now that
> Porsche's gonna come out with a V8 SUV (presumably going head to head with
> MB's V8 ML), Ferry probably decided that Audi's gonna play different
> segment of the market with that macho-ized Avant. Or has there a plan for
> a real SUV for Audi?
> 
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