I don't think Audi know what to do with Q5!
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I don't think Audi know what to do with Q5!
They keep changing the launch schedule, showing all kind of variants from jack up A3 to cabriolet... if production is finalized, why the push back in showing the car? What is the point of Q5 since the next A4 Avant will certainly be roomier and sportier...
I'm a bit fed up on this whole Q5 thingy...
I'm a bit fed up on this whole Q5 thingy...
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Avant is pretty popular up here (Canada), I think AOA is struggling between Avant and Q5
AOA will **** quiet a number of loyal Avant customers if they don't bring it across the pond. If they do, Q5 will compete on the same segment...
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Americans LOVE small SUV looking things, the don't like wagons
<center><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j193/espnnbaboards/q5.jpg"></center><p>Audi likes money that Americans will give for the Q5. Go look at the Q7 sales. Go look at X3 vs. 3 series wagons.
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Actually, I don't think the A4 Avant and the Q5 will compete. . .
for the same customer base. Look at the current installed base of A4 and A6 Avant owners. It's very small in America. The current US owners want an Avant and not a SUV or crossover.
The people who buy a Q5 will mostly be conquest sales for Audi. My family will be moving from an A4 sedan into the Q5. Why? I grew up with station wagons and really never like them. Kind of the mini van soccer mom image for me.
Also, I have a little one and like the fact that I won't have to bend over in the Q5 to load her in the carseat, like I have to in our A4.
Actually, the car I'd really like to buy is a Mazda 5 Speed. Too bad the boys over at Mazda aren't with it, or they'd would of made it by now. They have all the parts they need to do it. Just put the Mazda 6 Speed drivetrain under the Mazda 5 body.
The people who buy a Q5 will mostly be conquest sales for Audi. My family will be moving from an A4 sedan into the Q5. Why? I grew up with station wagons and really never like them. Kind of the mini van soccer mom image for me.
Also, I have a little one and like the fact that I won't have to bend over in the Q5 to load her in the carseat, like I have to in our A4.
Actually, the car I'd really like to buy is a Mazda 5 Speed. Too bad the boys over at Mazda aren't with it, or they'd would of made it by now. They have all the parts they need to do it. Just put the Mazda 6 Speed drivetrain under the Mazda 5 body.
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As much as I like my allroad I have to agree with chewym.
Americans want a "look at me" C/SUVlook not a station wagon. Or as the indusrty no is calling them "estate wagon". Also a downside of the allroad is the complexity of the air suspension system.