RE: A4 1.8T

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

Well, maybe the demand for the S6 wagon taught them something... I'd
love a "decontented" A4 - less weight, potentially more power. Sounds
good to me.
- peter henriksen, peterhe@microsoft.com, issaquah, wa
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  80 mazda 626


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>From: 	Alex Chernushin[SMTP:achernushin@digitalglobe.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, July 10, 1996 12:42 PM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	A4 1.8T
>
>I've done some checking about the A4 1.8T, and what I've found
>out (from car broker friend and sales manager at Stammler Audi
>in Boulder), is that they should be here in September, but only in
>automatic form.  The five speeds will come in Spring of 1997. 
>The target cost is about $3000 less than the V6, and will come
>"highly decontented" (sales manager words), with no wood trim,
>no power seats, manual climate control, and probably 15 inch
>wheels.  The car broker friend said that when the 5-speeds
>come out, there will be a "Sport" version, with sport suspension
>and seats.  Both sources said that this is what they had "heard",
>and nothing was official, however.
>
>While at the Stapleton event in May, Karl Behr, service manager
>for Prestige Porsche Audi, had a 30 V A4, and said they should
>be here in the fall.  He said the AoA marketing guys were
>hesitant about the A4 1.8T, as the "decontented" Audi would not
>maintain the Audi image.  He also said that the same marketing
>guys resisted the S6 wagons, saying they would never sell here. 
>
>Alex Chernushin
>achernushin@digitalglobe.com
>
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