cbb09

I also agree with the age range of 30-50, with the majority being in their 40s probably. It's also less of the person's age but there's just no that many that have $75k lying around. So, you'd better target the age group that is likely to have that disposable income.

I am 32.

AudiR8A7

Definitely true. I guess it depends on loving luxury and also a more "sporty" car. I think the a7 is similar to the 7 series....I see a lot of either 25-30 yr olds in them or its 50 year olds.

AFS8733

I think the car Audi has targeted to the late 20's early 30's bunch (especially the single ones) is the S5. All of the crew in my office of that age seem to love that car!

retroclutch

Just to throw my $0.02 in. I'm 25 and I'm looking at this car very seriously. I'm a bit of a geek so the tech is great and it looks like a coupe while being practical as a single car. Performance is very good for a car of it's size too.

Compared it to the A6, 5 Series, and a few others. I'm leaning towards the A7 even though my brain says to go with the A6 just because of the price. In either case I'd be going Prestige in Ice Silver with Titanium Gray/Dark Carpet interior(haven't seen any car configured like this) with the Natural Ash Wood. Going with the full LED headlights but waffling back and forth on the 20 inch sport package. I'd really like the 3-spoke wheel and 20inch but I can't live without all-seasons.

aquarian

I have the 20" wheels non-sport package with the all season tires. The all season tires were part of the deal where it was estimated to be around $1200 that the dealer ate.

retroclutch

Cool, I just emailed my dealer asking if he could do something similar. Did you get the summer tires with the all-seasons or just the all-seasons and the dealer kept the summer tires? Part of me is wondering if it's worth the hassle. Oh well, decisions decisions.

Rick Pardo

I'm 65, and still think about cars like I did when I was in my 20's. I want performance, handling and a design that's edgy.

When the lease on the AWD/SH/Tech Pkg '09 TL is up nect year I'll be looking at the A7,Maserati Quattroporte, the new XF and the new CLS550.

nyca

Went to see the new CLS today - the ergonomics just don't work. Rear seat headroom is worse then the A7, and the shape of its rear door makes rear seat ingress/egress more difficult then the A7. There are things I like about the new CLS, MB makes a good car to be sure and their dealer network is better then Audi (my opinion), but the overall packaging is just not there.

Ohji

Were you able to drive it? I enjoyed my drive in the A7, but it didn't have as much "oomph" as I was expecting in the acceleration department. My 6-speed manual TL OTOH feels pretty strong once you get the revs about 3000 or so. From the recent Motor Trend article, I am imagining the CLS550 must feel like a beast. I haven't been able to test drive it yet.

nyca

No, didn't drive it, but since there is no comparable CLS350, there is no way to do an honest comparison to the V8.