ok.. I retract my post, lol.

 

:ghey:

 

Definitely, Audi is losing their minds........$66k base + $4,700 for the premium package.

Add you applicable tax.

No thank you, a car definitely for Audi faithful.

It's nice, but its not that nice.

Also, most dealers are charging MSRP from what I have seen.

 

Plus Audi dealers are not of the...highest level of quality of service from my experiences... lol

 

I get what you mean, but I don't think it's valid to compare it to the bargain of the century on speed alone. You really think people will cross shop a 4-door AWD sedan with a brilliant interior with a plasticky go kart?

 

after the negative changes to the interior and the price premium for it i would pass and wait on the next gen M3...

 

That made me laugh out loud.

 

good point.....C6 is the best sports coupe for all out performance but can't be compared to an audi RS4

 

Every one of these imported will be sold and Audi knows that.

 

You had an Audi?

Continetal Audi in Naperville is one of the best dealers i ever been to.

 

Yeah, just like the RS6.......of which Audi had to whore out the last 500-600 of them in order to get them off the lot's.

We'll see how well it does.

Anyway, yes comparing it to a sports car is not a great comparison.

But is just a reflection of how pricey the RS4 happens to be.

And as said, Audi took out the cool seats, the cool steering wheel, and the starter button. All of which combined to make the RS4 interior look special and I'm sure feel special.

 

You guys think bmw would sell a lot of the M3 CSL if it was brought here?

 

Probably not, because of the $.......getting into 911 territory with the CSL.

 

No but, at the price and the claimed HP, it should have been quicker. This car should be at the low 4s for the 60mph, espcially considering it's AWD.

 

No but I have been in Audi dealers' many times before. Very low quality people.

 

And all that happened due to safety requirements in the USA.

 

So Audi hires low quality people to run all of its dealerships? How do they manage to keep all the high quality people out?

 

Might be true about their sales department but their service department have been great. Even their service advisors always keep me updated on my car.

Then again most car salesmen dont know much but who cares about them.

Lets not generalize because i can find bad dealers for every make.

 

I was referring to sales people only. I never owned an Audi so I cant tell.

 

I am sure there a good Audi dealers and bad Lexus dealers, etc. However, every experience I have had with an Audi dealership on the sales level was terrible. IT was not even mediocre. IT was treatment I'd expect from a Kia dealer. Not to pound on Kia, just trying to make a point.

 

i agree with gav. i always hated audi dealers.

and i've been to many of them.

 

That would be pretty impressive if they managed to do that.

Could your imagine getting fired for lying on your resume. I swear I never went to college!!!

 

But that's cause it was a wagon... who drives wagons???

 

Oh I wouldnt know about sales, I only had to deal with one dealer for that and it went fine. Nothing great though so I agree Audi sales department are low quality.

Service department is all I care about now since thats who i deal with during ownership.

 

The RS6 in the U.S. only came in a sedan version actually.

 

 

this will not sell

 

I know a few Audi loyalist who will be getting them. But other than that i dont see many people buying this over other cars in that price range.

Shame. Audi seems to always be one step back and annoys the crap out of me.

 

even at this price tag, it will. The hard core audi enthusiasts and the folks that have money to blow won't care. It's a car to add to their collection. IMHO

the people that are picky about where they spend their money. or compare dollars to hp and so forth are the people that aren't probably going to buy it.



if I had the money, i'd buy one. I don't care if it's more expensive than an m3.

 

If they offered more options or packages that were enticing I think they'd sell more cars.

the thing I'm most annoyed with is the lack of tranny options in their cars compared to BMW. I wish audi offered their lower model cars, a3 and a4 in manual with their 3.2 v6 engine. if they did, i bet you a lot more people would buy them, especially the enthusiasts (that's off course if they can ever fix their clutch problems that they've tended to have from what I've heard).

 

Well even when the 3.0 was offered in a manual not many people bought them. Most Audi enthusiast bought the 1.8t anyways.

 

it was? damn that's news to me.

well the reason why i get confused as to why they won't offer it, is because they are going to offer the s3 version with a 6speed manual with the more tuned v6 engine. I mean how hard is it to simply matte it with the standard v6.

oh well.

my only hang up with purchasing the 2.0T is that I've heard concerns with overheating the engine because of cylinder 3 (I think ) because of the engine design. And if I were to mod it, i'd be scared of blowing the engine. And the a3 2.0T is a car that would be very hard for me to try not to mod.

 

Overheating? I know that on cylinder 3 the coilpack is known to fail due to heat. Thats common even on the 1.8t. I didnt know its happening on the 2.0t... that sucks. But it wont blow up the engine do to it.

But its a $20 part and takes 3min to swap out. Just annoying.

 

^^^ shyt, I didn't hear about the coilpack problem. I'll try to find the article I read about the heating problem. I think it was in C&D.

 

coilpack problem has been resolved from what i understand. a while ago actually.

 

Naw people still have issues on their 1.8t, even I had one fail on my 2004.

 

Spy Shots: 2008 Audi A4 - - Source: The Car Connection

 

Smaller?! That's very weird!

 

looks like the Italians and Germans got together to make a car judging by that front look

 

i don't even see a difference from this and the refresh.