Audi A3 Cabriolet

Dec 7, 2007 at 11:40 PM
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The Audi A3 Cabriolet, hitting German streets in spring 2008, replaces lower-end A4 Cabriolets. Higher-end A4s will be replaced by the A5 Cabriolet.

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I've seen very few A4 Cabriolets on the road...I wonder if this will push it further.

I don’t think so. The A4 Cabriolet will be deleted for the 2009 model year. This baby should have a better power-to-weight ratio though. I find the A4 Cabrio heavy; the V6 feels sluggish inside it.

My favorite is the Audi TT the most beautiful car ever; I prefer the older model before they added the sharp creases.

I prefer the newer one myself, Zak, but if you look at car design, there has been a general sharpening all round: e.g. the Alfa Romeo 156 and its successor, the 159.

Zak Klemmer replied to Jack Yan’s comment:
Dec 16, 2007
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I owned one of the first Audi 4000 when they started selling in 1979. It was really fun to drive- but more like a VW then its bigger sibling the Audi 5000. Then 60 Minutes did a hit piece on alleged "sudden acceleration" on the 5000, which hurt Audi’s image and killed their market share.

The 4000 (80 to us, Fox to the Australians) was actually on the Passat (Dasher to you) platform, so there were numerous similarities. I remember the CBS 60 Minutes “unintended acceleration” story, which was backed up by questionable footage. Didn’t history later reveal the whole thing to be media sensationalism?

Here is a story on the 5000 and the phony 60 Minutes story. The automotive equivalent of Rathergate.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorials/in-defense-of-the-audi-5000/

Thanks for the link to the truth about cars. :-) CBS news department is a biased as Pravda.

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