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Audi A4 and A5 get S tronic gearbox abroad, U.S. still waiting

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Old 02-06-2009, 02:50 PM
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Default Hey Audi, why are we still treated like second-class citizens?

Are you serious about competing in the US market or not?
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Default No big deal. It would only be on 2.0T models which we don't have for the A5 yet. It is a larger...

deal for the A4 owners.
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Default why wouldn't we rather have An A5 2.0t s-tronic over an A5 3.2 tip?

the former is just as fast as the latter, lighter and much more economical.
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I'm not saying we wouldnt, but we don't have it. So atm, it doesn't matter for us.
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They can make more money elsewhere. Exchange rate pricing means Audi makes thinner returns in a shrinking market, when SEA markets over fatter margins and volume growth.
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the A5 2.0T is arriving as MY10 later this year. So it does matter.
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Default Personally hope the 2.0t stays put in Europe, I like not seeing a million A5's, makes my S5

a little more unique.
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doh!
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Sad. Mais Vrai, Chef.


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