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#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!
#17 of 2279 Just found photos... by zaimon Dec 23, 2003 (9:38 pm)
A3 Sport Tourer A3 Sport Tourer   For your viewing pleasure. The photo of the orange/copper 5-door is the one featured in Road and Track. There is speculation that these photos are photoshops.   I sure hope it comes to the US!
#18 of 2279 Pics by jchan2 Dec 24, 2003 (7:01 am)
look like photo-shops. The grille is exactly the same as the grille on the upcoming Audi A6 that was previewed in Automobile a few months back.
#19 of 2279 by zaimon Dec 24, 2003 (10:12 am)
That's actually Audi's new grille. It's going to find its way to all Audi's by the next generation A4. I have a feeling that the first photo is fairly close to what we're going to see (the sketch in the photo is real)...   I misposted the second link (A3 Sport Tourer). I think this would actually be the photoshop (different rear-passenger window, different belt-line, different roofline). Road and Track comments on the design cues of the orange car shown on the sketch.

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