Guess pricing on rumored A3 2.0T quattro for US market.
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I think sales of the current R32 are now doing OK.
in the last 2 months they have sold 860 units or so, and around 3000 of the 5000 are now sold.
Granted they added incentives in the last few months - but given the market, so did every other manufacturer - on virtually every model. The R32 incentives were relative peanuts in that context.
Whether or not it would have sold any better with a manual , I don't know. (are STi's flying off the lot , for example ?)
Had there been a choice - I would have probably bought a stick version - but now having had an R32 for 6 months, I now really like the DSG. Its as close as any automatic gets to being a manual, imo.
For me it was between an A3 3.2 or an R32 (I had a VR6 jetta before) and besides being cheaper, the R32 was(is) a far more 'emotive' car to own. If for no other reason - the stock exhaust noise.
Assuming the economy doesnt go off a cliff - those 5000 R32's ought to be virtually all gone by the end of this model year - just like the previous model.
Granted they added incentives in the last few months - but given the market, so did every other manufacturer - on virtually every model. The R32 incentives were relative peanuts in that context.
Whether or not it would have sold any better with a manual , I don't know. (are STi's flying off the lot , for example ?)
Had there been a choice - I would have probably bought a stick version - but now having had an R32 for 6 months, I now really like the DSG. Its as close as any automatic gets to being a manual, imo.
For me it was between an A3 3.2 or an R32 (I had a VR6 jetta before) and besides being cheaper, the R32 was(is) a far more 'emotive' car to own. If for no other reason - the stock exhaust noise.
Assuming the economy doesnt go off a cliff - those 5000 R32's ought to be virtually all gone by the end of this model year - just like the previous model.
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