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Replying to: pat (May 04, 2005 12:03 pm) Although usually updated here AFTER other sites, this site is, as they say, "the horse's mouth." http://www.audiusa.com/about_pressreleases And of course it can be found here: http://media.audiusa.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=9578 Several other automotive web pages carry this data and also cite these same URL's. |
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Replying to: pat (May 04, 2005 12:03 pm) Audi Sales Numbers LIY |
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These are the three I'm down to and I am having a heckuva time making up my mind. I just got back from test driving the M45 Sport and I was very impressed. It's got neck snapping speed, a lot more grunt and much more responsive sterring than my current ride (GS430). I was just really hoping for AWD. I put on some long commutes in the dead of winter, and it's not just the snow that gets you, but the ice patches as well. As to the M35x, it's got fully adequate acceleration--what I did not like was the engine noise- the V6 was a little more intrusive than I'd like. Finally, though I prefer the looks of the A6 it lacks some of the cool technology of the M series (rear-view camera, lane departure warning, front load CD stack). Perhaps the deciding factor should be reliability. I really wonder how much more time I'd be spending at the Audi dealership vs Infiniti....
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Replying to: mikestevens (May 04, 2005 1:20 pm) It gets me what I would want most -- V8, AWD, Sport, nice looks. My choices were more, pedestrian, if a $50K+ car can ever be thought to be thus -- the A6 3.2 vs the M35X -- plus money was an object. I went with the Infiniti M35X -- if your pocketbook permits the purchase of an A6 4.2 -- don't even worry about the reliability. My recent Audis have been easy to live with. |
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Replying to: markcincinnati (May 04, 2005 11:03 am) A coworker had a 5 series that he got rid of after the first winter here in DC. He only had one way out of his development and it was up a slight hill. If we got even 1/2" of snow, he couldn't drive it. He says he'll never buy another RWD car until he retires to Phoenix.
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| Sheez, RWD is not THAT bad. I wont take my LS out in a snow storm, but with a set of Blizzaks and VSC, it does fine in mild to moderately snowy conditions. If you're trying to drive with the 18 or 19" Z rated rubber bands that many RWD cars come with, then yeah, RWD is worthless. | |
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Replying to: lexusguy (May 04, 2005 3:52 pm)
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Replying to: kdshapiro (May 04, 2005 4:50 pm) That said, the BMWs of the '90s (and '80s and '70s) gave them their well-deserved reputation.. My first BMW driving experience was my girlfriend's '79 320i.. A very nice car, but you might as well leave it in the garage if it snowed... The current RWD BMWs with traction control and winter tires make for good transportation, even in snowy, hilly areas.... The biggest problem is with ground clearance in heavy snow.. regards, kyfdx |
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Replying to: lexusguy (May 04, 2005 3:52 pm) Winter tires plus traction control would do fine here in Cincinnati, most of the time. AWD with All Seasons will do well virtually all of the time. I'm often wrong (but never uncertain), but I do believe AWD will in part prosper for the same reason auto trans is the chosen transmission. Arguing the relative merits of RWD, FWD and AWD can be done and there certainly are circumstances where 2 driven wheels are mostly fine. However, 4 driven wheels is, I think, destined to become (if it has not already) one of the fastest growth "engines" for cars of all classes. There is a forum "AWD the next big thing" or something like that -- Dr. Piech some 25 years ago said AWD for safety, traction and performance. It seems there is sufficient evidence (when BMW and Mercedes BOTH are growing the AWD offering) that this was an accurate prediction.
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Replying to: markcincinnati (May 04, 2005 7:34 pm)  Just tweaking you a little... My other car is AWD, as were the three before this one.... But, there is a grain of truth there... regards, kyfdx |
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