Never say never
05-08-2007, 07:42 PM
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Never say never
Interview with AoA head of product planning - some positive thoughts about the Allroad's future in the US.<ul><li><a href="http://www.fourtitude.com:80/news/publish/Features/article_3105.shtml">http://www.fourtitude.com:80/news/publish/Features/article_3105.shtml</a</li></ul>
05-08-2007, 08:05 PM
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Yep, if it was up to him to decide, we would have another allroad, the Lifestyle vehicle ;-)
..and perhaps as a diesel, actually, I'd compromise and trade ride height for Diesel power.....endless opportunities for tuning :-)
05-09-2007, 03:18 AM
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A quote on the allroad from Wolfy:
He also states the manual is dead for the A6, just like the A8.
"Hoffmann: I think the allroad is always on the table. People were real enthusiasts, really Audi guys and women. They really loved the car. I love it personally. I have had two or three personally. It is just another question of crash requirement, because ride height is different and so on. It simply wasn't possible to bring it back to the US in this generation's A6. It was just too expensive to modify. Then I would have had to charge a price that would have had no chance of finding acceptance with an American customer.
Yes, of course we always look into it and we are always thinking about it because I think it is a nice body style. It is really accepted in Europe and maybe we will look into that for future generations - maybe A6, maybe A4. It hasn't been decided yet, but it is always on the table. We try and we fight to get it back and I would like to see an allroad back in the United States."
"Hoffmann: I think the allroad is always on the table. People were real enthusiasts, really Audi guys and women. They really loved the car. I love it personally. I have had two or three personally. It is just another question of crash requirement, because ride height is different and so on. It simply wasn't possible to bring it back to the US in this generation's A6. It was just too expensive to modify. Then I would have had to charge a price that would have had no chance of finding acceptance with an American customer.
Yes, of course we always look into it and we are always thinking about it because I think it is a nice body style. It is really accepted in Europe and maybe we will look into that for future generations - maybe A6, maybe A4. It hasn't been decided yet, but it is always on the table. We try and we fight to get it back and I would like to see an allroad back in the United States."
