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#6 of 2279 by coolguyky7 Nov 03, 2003 (7:21 pm)
I saw an Audi A3 today in a parking garage in Cincinnati! Is it even on sale yet? I guess so, at least for this person!
#7 of 2279 by lancerfixer Nov 03, 2003 (9:13 pm)
Europeans of course don't have such silly prejudices but they too don't have mulitple cars for the most part. It's not a silly prejudice, it's selecting greater practicality over less in the same car. Between a three door GTI and a five door A3, I know where I'd slap my money down.
#8 of 2279 Is A3 (heavily) based on the Golf/Jetta platform? by asafonov Nov 04, 2003 (9:38 am)
If that's true - please confirm or disagree - I wonder how many people would pay a hefty premium over the already-expensive VW offerings for perhaps little more than a 4-circle badge. Oh wait, that's what many of us do with brand-engineered cars. Getting a A4/A6 inspired Passat for 2/3 of the price of an Audi is another thing...   I drove a rental A3 in Switzerland in the winter of 99, got a free upgrade from a cheaper Renault, don't remember why. Handled great, with 3 not-so-small people and some luggage. But still, priced at, extrapolating from Golfetta and A4 costs, 25-30k USD? Not a great bargain...
#9 of 2279 To make any sense at all, by andys120 Nov 04, 2003 (11:15 am)
the A3 5-door will have to sell for no more than $26/27....any more and you're in A4 Avant 1.8T territory. The A3 is no bargain in Europe and it won't be here.
#10 of 2279 the A3... by vikd Nov 04, 2003 (5:05 pm)
...will only work, if at all, in 3 door config. It would have to truly be the entry level veh for Audi. Peoeple looking for 5 dr utility would look to cheaper, roomier offerings while people looking for a sporty hatch with a certain amount of cache may snag it up...they already do in GTI form; the GTI being the most substantial, in performance and relative refinement/lux, on the market now. I know that if the A3 was available when I purchased my GTI, I would have bought it then. I'd like one now but for the fact that the hatch is cramping my fatherhood responsibilities already...   Regards... Vikd
#11 of 2279 Prejudices by chrisducati Nov 04, 2003 (7:29 pm)
I think he means Europeans don't have the idea that small cars should all be cheap cars. "price ceiling for hatches". In the USA a lot of people connect size with price. In small town america the average billy bob thinks because a GTI is small it should be priced like a KIA Rio. He can't understand the quality issues. Not to say Kias are bad cars they just can't match the materials of a VW/Audi
#12 of 2279 by kirstie_h HOST Nov 05, 2003 (1:46 pm)
We're going to slide this discussion on over to the Future Vehicles Board tomorrow.   kirstie_h Roving Host & Future Vehicles Host
#13 of 2279 3-door by m3fan Nov 09, 2003 (7:43 pm)
I sincerely hope Audi will bring the 3-door to North America.   I think they are trying to score bigger points with 5-door than Mercedes-Benz did with their C230 Coupe when it was introduced as a premium entry-level hatch/coupe.   Give me a 3-door Audi A3 with the new 2.0T, 200hp, 6-speed, price it around US$25k or CAD$35k and offer it in the fall of 2004 and I'll sign on the the dotted line now.
#14 of 2279 A3 by jchan2 Dec 16, 2003 (6:05 pm)
The hatch should be no more than $28K for the S3 performance model because if you price it higher, you'll be competing with your own A4.
#15 of 2279 Audi A3 sport tourer? by zaimon Dec 23, 2003 (7:38 pm)
I was just flipping through the newest issue of Road and Track which had a small blurb on the 5 door A3 sport tourer. Although the magazine did not confirm that the 5-door would be making its way to the US, they said that it's to compete with the Mazda3.   I wish I could find a photo online, it looked amazing!

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