spent the last couple of weeks back home, and couldn't help dropping by the Audi delearship to check out the A3 Sportback...

didn't get to test-drive any of them unfortunately, but at the same time it might be a blessing... driving the 2.0T might not have been a good idea considering that the Avant is still not chipped...

here's the pics...

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v166/photos/1/110342/2022482/AudiA5A3SportbackAudiB7A4Avant-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images6.fotki.com/v161/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0101-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images6.fotki.com/v161/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0102-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v170/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0103-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v166/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0104-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v167/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0105-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v164/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0106-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v165/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0107-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v169/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0108-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v167/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0109-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v169/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0110-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v166/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0111-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v170/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0112-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images6.fotki.com/v161/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0113-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images6.fotki.com/v162/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0114-1-vi.jpg">


so while i was taking the pics posted above, one of the salemen came out wondering what the heck i was doing and why i was taking pics... so after explaining to him that i was from Canadia, that the A3s had not yet arrived on our shores and so on... he offered me to go in the back as they had just took delivery of an A3 Sportback 2.0TDI S-line, ordered <b><u>7 months</u></b> ago!!!

yup that's right, back home, if you don't find your car on the lot there is a <b><u>7 months</u></b> wait...
apparently Audi isn't producing many of them and these things are quite in demand all over Europe...

anyway here's the pics, not the best ones given where the car was parked...

<img src="http://images6.fotki.com/v161/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0201-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v168/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0202-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v167/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0203-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images6.fotki.com/v162/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0204-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v167/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0205-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v168/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0206-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v165/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0207-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v168/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0208-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images6.fotki.com/v161/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0209-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v168/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0210-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v168/photos/1/110342/2022482/e20050321AudiA5A3Sportback0211-vi.jpg">

among other things, the car had 18� RS6 wheels, leather &amp; speed cloth combo sport seats, DSG... yummy...

What's with the 4x4 look!? Yuck