Let's set the scene. It's 1984. Audi sales had shot up 48 percent on the strength of their new aero-dynamic 5000, the hot new weapon in the perpetually-escalating suburban driveway status war. It was a stunning piece. Audi was on a roll.
Suddenly, the war turned bloody. Moms in runaway Audi 5000's were mowing down their little kids in the driveway and pinning granny against the far garage wall.
This hadn't happened with the Olds Cutlass Supreme Coupe, the "hot" suburban car Mom traded in for her Audi. The German car certainly felt different. Unlike the Olds' wide push-bar brake pedal– that some Americans still operated with their left feet– the Audi had that weird, small brake pedal, kinda' close to the gas pedal.
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