In the UK Audi are having a hard time.
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In the UK Audi are having a hard time.
Here in good old England the A6 seems to be falling further and further behind the competition. So much so Volvo are betaing them.
What about in the US?<p>Haseeb Ali
What about in the US?<p>Haseeb Ali
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"Beating" means different things to different companies.
More cars? Higher profits? Superior products?
The S60 is just being introduced here. S40's seem to be selling well, but I see a WHOLE lot more A4's, and way more A6's than S80's.
The S60 is just being introduced here. S40's seem to be selling well, but I see a WHOLE lot more A4's, and way more A6's than S80's.
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Re: In the UK Audi are having a hard time.
I am an expat. Brit. living in Florida for the last 9 years. I drive a A6 2.7T. The US spec car has 250 hp. With tipronic it does 0-60 in 6.6 seconds. It costs about the same as a BMW 528 but has almost the performance of the 540. The other models sold here are the 2.8V6 and the 4.2V8. I know that in the UK the range starts with a 1.8 and the 2.7T has "only" 230 hp. In the US Audi are breaking sales records but it helps that you can run a 2.7t with gas costing about 1.30 (pounds) a gallon. When I am in the UK I don't see many A6's on the road but I see a lot of A4's.
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Quite the opposite
They are selling every car they can lay their hands on. LA is stinky full of A4s, with A6s not far behind.
And here's a news flash: a few weeks ago, I saw a pair of A3 mules driving through Coldwater Canyon. One had the four rings covered up with duct tape and the other was au natural. So another model may be appearing here soon. However, based on the last few reviews I've seen in the Brit car mags, the Golf 4Motion is preferred over the A3 Sport.
And here's a news flash: a few weeks ago, I saw a pair of A3 mules driving through Coldwater Canyon. One had the four rings covered up with duct tape and the other was au natural. So another model may be appearing here soon. However, based on the last few reviews I've seen in the Brit car mags, the Golf 4Motion is preferred over the A3 Sport.
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Re: In the UK Audi are having a hard time.
Sorry, but the data you are giving is wrong. All Audis sold in the US are made in Germany, and have the same specs as those sold in Germany, or the UK, or anywhere else in the world for that matter.
The 2.7T has 230hp - this is a fact. For marketing reasons in the US it is sold as having 250hp (just like the 2.8 litre is sold as having 200hp when it has 193 in reality, while the Passat with the same 2.8 litre engine is sold as having 190 when it also has 193 - to keep the brand image gap).
The 2.7T, you can check the specs on audi.de anytime (I repeat - this is the same car that is sold in the US), does 0 to 100 kph (or 60 mph) in 6.9 sec (manual), and 8.0 secs (Tip).
The only car in the A6 line that does under 7 secs 0 to 60 mph, with Tiptronic, is the S6, which does 6.7 seconds.
Audis are good cars with solid performance - no need to invent phoney data to try and make them look better.
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The 2.7T has 230hp - this is a fact. For marketing reasons in the US it is sold as having 250hp (just like the 2.8 litre is sold as having 200hp when it has 193 in reality, while the Passat with the same 2.8 litre engine is sold as having 190 when it also has 193 - to keep the brand image gap).
The 2.7T, you can check the specs on audi.de anytime (I repeat - this is the same car that is sold in the US), does 0 to 100 kph (or 60 mph) in 6.9 sec (manual), and 8.0 secs (Tip).
The only car in the A6 line that does under 7 secs 0 to 60 mph, with Tiptronic, is the S6, which does 6.7 seconds.
Audis are good cars with solid performance - no need to invent phoney data to try and make them look better.
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