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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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Yes, I agree they look good and surely a good marketing ploy, call it an A4 2.0T/TDi DTM/Le Mans, add some RS4 bits (even more on the options list) and sales ahoy!

I saw an A3 with a 1.4 T badge on today that looked a lot like an S3?? Not sure what that was.

We saw the new TTs in the showroom and thought wow, drove it and thought...meh, slightly faster but typical TT.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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I must be getting old I quite like the look of the C Class!
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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I rather like that a3, i'd reserve judgement till i had a blast, but as said before they'd prob release all the cars looking the same if it works
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by MB,Sep 5 2008, 08:51 PM
Why is it that anything with an Audi badge just puts me off a bit? Just never special enough.

Even the RS4 doens't excite me like the M3.
Mmmmm, one of my old work collegues just sold his Evo9 Fq340 for an RS4.
Loves it, "A real car at last" he said.

I think the unreliability of the Evo hacked him off in the end.
Being dumped at the roadside miles from home was the last straw.

Now, that doesnt make sense to me either, before you say it Mark!
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by MB,Sep 5 2008, 07:51 PM
If that was NA and RWD then maybe, but it will have that same old 1.8T engine and that dull AWD transmission. A TT on steroids. It will never be an S2000.


The muted engine, lack of throttle response, ~1400kg weight, and 4wd means it will never be an enthusiasts car.

As such, it will sell well
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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Steve, the E9 FQ340 is quite a rare and sought after beast! Wasn't grey was it?

Very rare to hear of an unreliable one too!

Audi obviously has the class, but not the raw fun of the Evo for me.
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