Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:44:20 +0100 From: Leif Lindgren <vtempnopsamliu.se> Subject: Re: Audi weak????
roverboynopsamejanews.com wrote: > In article <36F2214E.4EAB874Fnopsamliu.se>, > Leif Lindgren <vtempnopsamliu.se> wrote: > > > Auto Motor & Sport rated the 9-5 above BMW 530d, Volvo S80 2.9, MB E280, Audi > > A6 and Chrysler 300M. The 9-5 beating the A6 in almost every category. They > > > calso rated the > > 9-5 wagon > > as better than the A6 Avant. > > > > /Leif > > Say it isn't so! Any chance you could scan that article and convert to ASCII? > My German is very poor but I'll muddle through it, just to see how the 9-5 > came out on top. > > Are you sure that it didn't come in dead last against that competition, > instead of on top? Were you holding the magazine upside down? ;-) > Check out http://www.aftonbladet.se/bil/biltester/1999/9901/990101e.html The test was a winter test and the Audi was the A6 2.5 TDi. The 9-5 came out on top. The 9-5 has received some nice awards like best car in the $35- 40 k range by AAA and best import car by the german version of Auto Motor & Sport. It's also on Edmunds most wanted list (together with some Audis). Though I must say I have seen some other tests where the A6 beats the 9-5. I guess they are in the same class, the 9-5 better in some senses and the A6 in some others. An interesting thing is that Volkswagen in Sweden was sued today because poor brakes on some Audis. /Leif