Comments on: Illustrated: Audi preparing electric city car

By: Gundy

Gundy — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:32:50 +0000

… son of… I mean Mayer, sorry about that.

By: Gundy

Gundy — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:31:57 +0000

HA, yeah Mayor, you should drive a Ford Excursion like the rest of Americans do.. Even though gas is $2.09 in Mpls, MN today, it WILL be $4+ again in the near future. Small vehicles are here to stay, as “un-manly” as they may seem to folks that would rather drive a truck / SUV / big car.

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:43:22 +0000

I think the front end could be a bit more chizeled and aggressive, but otherwise this thing is totally cool. Oh wait, I’m American … marketers say that I don’t like little cars. What the hell was I thinking?

By: fan

fan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:30:44 +0000

expect to fit tall people especially well into it… if its in any way like a smart (which could be its toughest rival) expect gobs and gobs fo space… first time i sat in a smart, i felt rather like a small kid in a big sedan, rather than the 6′ guy i really am…
and this Audi really looks like its even taller than the smart (heightwise), so, like i said, expect plenty of room..

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:32:58 +0000

“We expect the city car to be front-wheel-drive ….” There’s a shock.

By: tyler_is_aero_tt

tyler_is_aero_tt — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:08:20 +0000

Touché to both answer A4.

By: TomF

TomF — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:49:08 +0000

I’ll take one of those little deals, for sure. Of course, I’d take a Ford Ka or a Fiat 500 also. I will not be purchasing a Chevy Cruze (when they become available for preorder in 2023).

By: Gundy

Gundy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:56:19 +0000

95 mpg? Audi quality materials and safety systems? I’d buy one tomorrow. If a 6′-5″ person could fit in the driver’s seat that is.

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:04:57 +0000

audi never built eye-catching glamourous cars… they always built conservative yet stylish cars that flew under the radar and packed a good punch. Audi built “sleepers”. If anything their newest designs with the trapezoidal grille are the most “eye catching”

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:42:51 +0000

“…test the waters in Canada – a market prone to purchase small cars”.

Actually we’re more prone to taking a puck in the teeth, but fortunately the beer’s stronger that’s why you don’t hear much about it.

By: edgeguy

edgeguy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:34:42 +0000

I would totally buy this thing.

By: IGC

IGC — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:42:24 +0000

Audi used to build eye-catching glamorous cars… why did they stop trying?

By: darx_ider

darx_ider — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:39:51 +0000

I could not say any better

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:36:50 +0000

americans are too dumb to use both diesel and gas
this thing is sweet though