Audi Takes a back SEAT to BMW

Well done Priaulx :)

— matt635 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/20/2006 2:31:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Clever title CPILLAR, clever indeed :)

— Agent004 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/20/2006 4:27:21 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Of course, he has to take a shot at Audi...

I know Audi owns SEAT and all, but really, you try too hard.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 11/20/2006 4:34:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Wow, looks like Lexus people are even more diluted, brainwashed, and just plain ignorant than even BMW fans!

Too funny!

— Anim8or (View Profile)

Posted on 11/20/2006 7:52:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Whatever.

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 11/20/2006 8:35:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

yes.. audis 6 wins at lemans .. matter... NOT!!!. didnt they start winning after porsche, BMW and Merc left the series, citing that it was "irrelevant"?. Well, guess what.. it still is.. and npobody cares about them or their POS TDI engines. At least nobody who can afford a real car.

— AmazingBimmer (View Profile)

Posted on 11/20/2006 11:10:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

WRONG!!!
BMW pulled out after 2000 season when Audi started to spank them at the American Le Mans Series....
Porsche and MB pulled out because their cars were flying up in the air.
Again Amazingbimmer, you lost an opportunity to shout your mouth...I love your post without arguments....makes us all look so smart.

— AlexTx (View Profile)

Posted on 11/21/2006 2:06:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Seat is very closely related to VW in terms of chassis and engine sharing. I would say that it's laughable that BMW let a Seat get that close to them in any racing series.

— Neverfollow (View Profile)

Posted on 11/21/2006 12:08:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Same thing happened to Audi in the AMLS with the RS6, but guess what? It kept winning anyway. By the time they (Audi) was done with the chassis, it had less power than the showroom stock unit and weighed more than any other car on the track but still won the championship.

— Neverfollow (View Profile)

Posted on 11/30/2006 12:53:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Sea also ran more cars than BMW

— matt635 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/21/2006 2:10:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I've posted this before, but I think I'll post it again...

"BMW in motorsport ---- Outright and Class wins in ‘World’ & ‘European’, Russian, Dutch, New Zealand, Italian, Australian, South-East Asian, Swedish, Belgian, Portugese, Finnish, Croation, Japanese, Asian-Pacific, British, South African, Swiss, Czech, Slovenian, South American and Austrian touring car championships. German Super Touring, French Super Touring, European Super production, German Touring Challenge, European and international Grp N, Daytona 500 GT3 class, US Road Racing & Professional Sportscar series’. Mille Miglia Storica, 24h of Le Mans, 24h of Spa, 24h of Nürburgring, 24h of Silverstone/Britcar, 12h of Sebring, The Paris-Dakar, DTM, ALMS, ALMS GT, ADAC Super Touring, ADAC GT, AMSCAR, 12 Hill-climb championships, European Rally Championships… and an M3 even a WRC for ProDrive…. BMW powered F1 cars have won numerous F1 races for Williams and Brabham, who they powered to F1 WDC victory. And all that’s just since the early-80’s. BMW have been winning all kinds of stuff since they won the 1940 Mille Miglia."

BMW have nothing to prove in motorsport.

— matt635 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/21/2006 3:00:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Audi winning the Le-mans several times in a row speaks for itself. And the A6 winning car of the year 2005, and all the Audi models winning best interior, I think that speaks for itself too. Props to BMW on RWD though. I love my 530i for that reason.

Amazingbimmer is a complete moron. The new Logical for the BMW camp.
To say that Audi is for people that cannot afford BMW is completely ignorant.
I can name several Audi models that are more expensive than the BMW models.

I've seen the X3 leases go for as low as 299 a month with 4000 due at lease signing.
BMW leases are a steal.

— audirevolution (View Profile)

Posted on 11/21/2006 4:01:09 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

RWD is more fun to drive, although I certainly don't mind FWD cars.

— audirevolution (View Profile)

Posted on 11/21/2006 4:01:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I can't imagine why more people don't see the true value in an Audi. The A6 feels much larger inside than the current Mercedes C and the diminuitive BMW 3 series. Audi also has more comfortable seats and an AWD system that really works reliably. BMW cars have no side protection from door dings -- is BMW trying to save the cost of a simple rubber strip along the side?

— EnnNorak (View Profile)

Posted on 11/23/2006 12:27:51 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Hmmm...SIX of the top ten finishes in the results posted above belong to SEAT. My math is not that good guys so help me out here....that leaves how many positions out of ten?

As for the annoying people, just remember that insecurity is often manifested as boorish behaviour. Some "stereotypical" boors are short people, obese people, ugly people and BMW owners. I am not saying that ALL of the above are that way, just the loud ones :)

— Soho (View Profile)

Posted on 11/23/2006 1:34:11 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The reason this race is as close as it was is because BMW kept getting success ballasts which weighs their cars down. If it wasn't for that, BMW would have launched farther ahead. Audi technology suffers in this format because of the inherant weight of AWD which is less prouncounced in higher output engine models.

— indoctrin8ed (View Profile)

Posted on 11/24/2006 1:47:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2