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Originally Posted by KingOfJericho
There have already been a few tests of this theory with the Audi S4 Avant. They sold a few hundred in the final years they brought them to the US. That's a pretty good indication of the size of the market and that car was gorgeous.
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Look closer. The A4 Avant went bye-bye soon after too. Why? Well because no one wanted to pay the five figure Audi tax vs. the similar VW for the family wagon, that's why.
Meanwhile the Sportwagen that these people migrated to is thriving in its third generation and the fourth is on its way. This car does not exist to lose VAG money, that's for sure. And you'll acknowledge that if you're honest.
Viable market for the Sportwagen R in the US? Who knows. But it sure isn't impossible. Same type of rhetoric about wagons not selling in US gets regurgitated about hatchbacks all the time too. Yet seven generations of Golf beg to differ. Differ enough to get the R across the pond. It isn't impossible that the wagon can perform that same feat.
Give me a 300hp AWD VW wagon for 40k over a 240hp 55k+ AWD BMW 3 touring all day long. How many of you wagon lovers can honestly say you would not at least consider that now?