2012 Audi A6 Avant will not be introduced in U.S.!

Because of the Americans’ lack of interest in wagons, Audi has decided to withdraw its wagon body-styles from its lineup for the U.S. In an interview with Inside Line, Audi of America spokesman Andrew Lipman said that the new A6 Avant will arrive in the European market in the second half of 2011
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Airliner - 5/24/2011 4:04:13 PM

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Upsetting news. Hopefully they won't pull the plug on the A4 Avant.

dotuno - 5/24/2011 9:45:29 PM

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It's not the GTs; it's the SUV/SAVs. Americans will almost always buy SUVs over wagons... and then immediately bemoan poor gas mileage as their lumbering behemoths slow down traffic. Pardon my digression, but I just don't believe most of the SUVs (and trucks) on our roads are used to haul any appreciable amount of cargo; for many people, a wagon would probably be fine.

laurent - 5/24/2011 11:56:52 PM

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I want one!

Whelan - 5/25/2011 8:43:50 AM

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Hey why not it worked for the BMW 5...oh wait. Nevermind. All those people now drive Mercedes E-class wagons.

Neverfollow - 5/25/2011 2:11:26 PM

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Old news really. Q3,Q5,Q7 all yes but we just never warmed up to the whole Avant thing. Besides, they are waaaay more expensive when compared to something like a Volvo and those buyers seem to be the only takers on this sort of vehicle. Even with fuel prices on the rise and this car making a lot of sense, Americans just didn't buy them in any real numbers. The A4 Avant is safe for now but even that car will be replaced with the Allroad version of it for more money and it will be the only Audi Avant product offered in the states moving forward.

dbtimes1 - 5/26/2011 7:29:00 AM

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Hey Audi, How about a marketing campaign touting the virtues of wagons over SUV's?

Wagon - better mpg, better handling, same amount of space to similar SUV's in size.