Audi planning to resurrect the legendary ‘Ur-Quattro’

thats why they said the "new" lightweight vehicle would be named A5...

Only the name of A5 would be used, but it doesnt necessarily mean the weight.

exactly, they are going to lighten it. If they where going to call the A5 a lightweight car they would already.

I think its a waste of time and money......but who am I most companies will have 2 different models of a car you have the A5 and the S5. Now AUDI has the A5/S5/RS5(on its way) and now the ‘A5 quattro sport’.....i mean the A5 is hot but its not the only car they make. I hope they put as much effort into the new A8 and the A7 as the are with these NOW 4 models of the A5????????????????????

That front is so fugly it'll fit right at home at the Shanghai Freak Show

And Lexus sales are in the crapper.... everywhere else in the world.
Let Audi sales be in the crapper in the States. Right now, it is a very goood thing as they are not as affected as the other brands.

audi is increased market share in the usa, their 4th largest market. How is lexus doing in their 4th largest market?

— IamEvilHomer:

> audi is increased market share in the usa, their 4th largest market.
> How is lexus doing in their 4th largest market?

Nice try, Audi salesman, but you failed to provide any numbers to give readers a big picture.

The last full year global sales I was able to find (on AutoSpies by the way) are as follows:

2007 Audi global sales: 964,151
2007 Lexus global sales: 518,000

Now if you consider that in 2007 Volkswagen shipped 200.000 units of Audi A3 (rebadged Golf) in Europe itself and that Audi offers hairdresser's special the TT (and the A3 as well) all over the world, you'll quickly sum those figures to more or less 300.000 cars annually in niches Lexus does not compete in (and they should!).

So core sales figures in competitive areas will be:
2007 Audi global sales: 964,151 - 300.000 = 664.000
2007 Lexus global sales: 518,000

As you can see, Lexus does not all that bad. They should immediately come up with rebadged Corolla and revive some sort of Celica with L-badge to stay very close behind Audi.


Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus#Global_development
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi#The_modern_era_of_Audi

Bratwurst, tsk tsk tsk, stooping to arbitrarily subtracting sales because of the rebadging issue? Really? That's sad, I would have expected more from you. Fine, if that's the game we're going to play then subtract all the Lexus ES's they sold, since it's just a Camry in a tuxedo. What are Lexus's numbers without the ES?

I concur, lets subtract the Camry ES from lexus. Why aren't you using 2008 figures as opposed to 2 years ago, they are readily available?

MrBratwurst -

did you read my question? I asked how is Lexus doing in their 4th largest market? Audi sales are down 23.1% MTD 2009 vs 2008 in the US but their market share is up from 6.4% to 7.3%.

and one more thing 2008 numbers were "1,003,400, or 2,749 vehicles a day"

http://wot.motortrend.com/6396035/industry-news/audi-hits-sales-target-sells-1-million-vehicles-globally-in-2008/index.html

I wish Audi were Lexus. Also, I like turtles.

Why bother with Lexus when you can get a Hyundai?

I can only imagine how much that car will cost. Since Audi overprices any of thier vehicles that actaully perform, expect a $5-7k premium over competing cars that perform the same and are in the Audi's class.

lexus drivers will never get it

Yes! Ignorance is bliss.

— LexSucks: I can only imagine how much that car will cost.

— IamEvilHomer: lexus drivers will never get it

Oh, Audi saleman, I missed this post of yours when writing previous response. So you've immediately revealed yourself as just a lamer that came here to do some black PR against Lexus.

Now it's clear why you never come up with any numbers.

MrBratwurst- Yes i go into the Audi post just to make fun of Lexus.

Why the racest comments about black PR? Who told you I am black?

I came up with numbers to the question and did not come up with strange numbers in a reply to a question that no one asked.

I wonder if they bill be able to bring it in for under $250,000.00. Lexus can't seem too.

As long as it doesn't look like a TT.

Apparently you don't know your stuff and call yourself a badgewhore.

The Ur-Quattro was very reliable.
You are thinking of the Audi 5000 which was not as bad as people think.
The only reason why Audi almost left the U.S (not bankrupt)was because of very bad U.S television and people here will eat with a spoon all that is given to them on T.V.
Then the Sport Quattro was a monster and still considered an icon.
Something Lexus will never acheive!

That's the one. That's funny.