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Customers Line Up for Audi A3 TDI The ’10 Audi A3 turbodiesel goes on sale in late November, but it will take six months for new buyers to take delivery. That's because Audi dealers have a half-year of advance orders to fill before new customers can be accommodated, says Carter Balkcom, product manager for the new model.
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I wonder what's going to happen if the NA carmakers starts selling diesel cars on all its lineup?
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Replying to: easym1 (Oct 07, 2009 3:03 pm) Jetta TDI SportWagen Overwhelmed Diesels won't sell in NA, wagons don't sell in NA say the naysayer's. Shhhh, don't tell VW. |
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Replying to: easym1 (Oct 07, 2009 3:03 pm) Cruze diesel There are no plans for Ford, GM or Chrysler to offer diesel in NA cars any time soon. If Chevrolet offered a diesel in the NA Cruze as they do in other markets I'd bet it would be a hit. |
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Replying to: moparbad (Oct 07, 2009 2:39 pm) Automatic fail. Next...
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Replying to: plekto (Oct 07, 2009 7:55 pm) Which should mean they haven't fully completed integrating the engine for Audi. Even VW can mate a 6MT to a TDI. Hopefully they'll have an A3 TDI quattro manual in 2010.
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Replying to: bigmclargehuge (Oct 08, 2009 4:11 am) Which should mean they haven't fully completed integrating the engine for Audi. Even VW can mate a 6MT to a TDI. Hopefully they'll have an A3 TDI quattro manual in 2010. I can only presume that the "Auto only" stance is purely Marketing driven; ("Hey guys, Americans prefer auto 'boxes so don't bother with the manuals, they're only a niche market"). Pure guesswork on my part. However, it is definitely not a technical problem. There are lots and lots of manual A3's here in Europe; gasser or diesel. In fact, on some of the lower-spec models, auto is not even an option. The Quattro versions exist in gasser, diesel, manual or auto. Just tick the boxes you want. Same tech stuff is offered throughout the whole family : Audi, VW, SEAT, Skoda. Just different body design/trims. Because you guys in The Colonies, (sorry), don't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. |
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Replying to: bigmclargehuge (Oct 08, 2009 4:11 am) |
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Replying to: alltorque (Oct 08, 2009 4:47 am) AAHHH ! I love that dry British humor ! Always good to hear from our brother from across the pond. As I understand it the A3 uses VW underpinnings, is this correct? If so, I believe I would opt for the VW variant instead and drive around with a smile on my face along with a big sack of cash as ballast. |
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Replying to: alltorque (Oct 08, 2009 4:47 am) I wasn't implying that it didn't. I just didn't clarify that I meant for the US. Should have said: if VW can put a manaul FWD in the Jetta... in the US... they ought to be able to do it in an A3. I was only emphasising that it could be done, and is done. In the US. Already. But all 3 German manufs. not only hold back on models, but options when combined w/ diesel. Examples: 335d in auto/RWD only A3 in auto/FWD only not in 1-series, 5-series, A4, A6, Q5, at all. They must believe the sampling represents the whole, and are taking a 'wait-and-see' approach. If they just offered what you had here, my hardest decision would be which one to buy; 535d, A4 TDI, or A3 TDI quattro.
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