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MushyHeirloom
11/17/08

In reply to Extra-Long Wheelbase Audi A4L Revealed In China
Come to think of it, do they even sell the A8L here, still? (Here being America.) We're taller, on average, than...

Oh, that's right. Dickheads.
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bzr
11/17/08

In reply to Extra-Long Wheelbase Audi A4L Revealed In China
I don't think Audi of China actually sells a standard-length A6, all the ones I've seen there have been A6L's.
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Deartháir II
11/17/08

In reply to Extra-Long Wheelbase Audi A4L Revealed In China
Having driven both an A6 and an A4, the A6 feels much bigger. It's wider and longer, and I'm sure there's a phallic joke to be made here, but I don't have one ready.

I could see this being a good move in a congested center. Driving a Lincoln Town Car through downtown Vancouver made me very nervous, being that I'm used to a tiny little Volkswagen. Trying to navigate meant that I was perpetually watching my corners, and feeling paranoid about getting too close to the car in front of me. So for a nation that's used to smaller cars, but in need of a longer car for passengers, this would be perfect. It would allow the same manoeuvrability, but increased space.

Basically, when comparing to the A6, it's not about the size of the boat, but the motion on the ocean.

Now someone see if they can come up with that phallic joke I'm missing.
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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
11/17/08

In reply to Extra-Long Wheelbase Audi A4L Revealed In China
Yes, but in China they'll call it the "A4R"...

/Racist xenophobic humor
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layabout
11/17/08

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Why? Just buy an A6.
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
11/17/08

In reply to Extra-Long Wheelbase Audi A4L Revealed In China
Wait just a damned minute. So of all the markets they could think of where the rear seat passenger might need a little extra legroom, they decide that China is the best first choice?

Maybe they could do a sendup of the old Wilt Chamberlain in a Rabbit...just put Yao Ming in the back seat.
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pauljones
11/17/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares:

lol No, shit, right?

and what it is an A4L but a wannabe A6?
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BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
11/17/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: You see there are big Chinese men and women that need a little more legroom.

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Starlton Heston's Revenge
11/17/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares:
GET OUTTA MY HEAD!!!
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rip
11/17/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares:

Funny, back seat room in the a4 has been a complaint in the US for oh, about 15 years.

Interesting how they responded so quickly to the Chinese market while ignoring the US market.

Guess that means the US won't be getting diesels across the line for some time, if ever. No A5 or A6 diesel for me... :(
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
11/17/08

@rip: To be fair to Audi, they did give the B8 A4 an extra inch or so. But not because we complained...I believe it was because it became known that the A3 had more rear legroom than the A4 (really).
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