Interesting mkt diffces btwn Germany and US, MKSGR....

For past yr have been intrigued by A8 W12 (based upon your comments on forum)....my local SF P/Audi dealer hasn't had a copy available for test drive (and I'm a major P buyer at this dealer); none of my colleagues in SF has ever driven an Audi (but many of these same guys have never really driven a P either; they are major repeat F/MB buyers)....

And when asking colleagues in Greenwich (where they actually need winter tires and such nonsense ), the car-oriented guys seem to have used CayTurbos over past 2-3 winters....and are now migrating to S550 4Matic for winter duty .....so am curious if Audi is failing in major US mkts (based upon Audi's notably weak $100K+ sales vols, lease terms, resale values and repeat cust base in Greenwich/SF, etc) b/c of unremarkable technical/engineering qualities (safety/reliability/comfort/performance) or simply poor marketing/dealer network/brand loyalty in major US mkts.....