All praise from Road&Track for A3 1st 50K
#1
07-09-2007, 05:02 PM
All praise from Road&Track for A3 1st 50K
Road&Track completed a glowing article on the 50K milage performance for a 2006 A3 2.0T DSG w/sports package. Some quotes from the article:
"Never in our 50,000-mile test drive did we encounter so much as a single mechanical hickup from the engine or transmission and after perusing the World Wide Web we haven't come across anyone who has experienced otherwise."
"Knowing that the A3 was not going to stay with us forever, a few of our staff are actually suffering from a bit of separation anxiety; one staffer has already bought one, and a couple of more are contemplating excuses to follow suit. The runt of Audi's litter has definitely impressed us over 50,000 blissiful miles."
So why does the crappy comsumer mag's still forcast average reliabliity on A3's?
"Never in our 50,000-mile test drive did we encounter so much as a single mechanical hickup from the engine or transmission and after perusing the World Wide Web we haven't come across anyone who has experienced otherwise."
"Knowing that the A3 was not going to stay with us forever, a few of our staff are actually suffering from a bit of separation anxiety; one staffer has already bought one, and a couple of more are contemplating excuses to follow suit. The runt of Audi's litter has definitely impressed us over 50,000 blissiful miles."
So why does the crappy comsumer mag's still forcast average reliabliity on A3's?
#2
07-09-2007, 05:09 PM
RE: All praise from Road&Track for A3 1st 50K
Maybe has to do with Audi's history...and/or maybe we should see what the A3 is like at 75K miles. But still, Consumer reports is a very biased publication that must be taken with a grain of salt. And not to mention I see lots of Audis on the road locally that are several years old. Tons of A4s, some S4s and A6s (and only recently have I begun to see some A3s).
#3
07-09-2007, 08:31 PM
RE: All praise from Road&Track for A3 1st 50K
ORIGINAL: JohnS1
So why does the crappy comsumer mag's still forcast average reliabliity on A3's?
So why does the crappy comsumer mag's still forcast average reliabliity on A3's?
ORIGINAL: ConsumerReports
Reliability is an important concern for the new-car buyer, but a difficult quality to discern. CR's annual reliability survey's [sic] can help. Our latest survey, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center in the spring of 2006, yielded information on about 1.3 million vehicles spanning the 1997 to 2006 model years. By looking at this data for past model years, we can predict how current models are likely to hold up.
These charts help you compare our Predicted Reliability Ratings for 2007 models within the same category. To create these ratings, we calculate an overall reliability score for each of the three newest model years, in this case 2004, 2005, and 2006, provided the vehicle hasn't changed significantly in that time.
Three-year data are a good predictor since most new models for this year are essentially the same as earlier models. Extra weight is given to some components, including the engine, cooling, transmission, and drive system. Each overall reliability score is compared with the average of all vehicles in our survey for that model year. The yearly differences are combined to give the Predicted Reliability score shown as percent. This overall average is the zero line in the charts. The bars represent the percentage by which each model was better or worse than the average.
Note that the average stretches 20 points on either side of the zero line, so it's possible for a car to have an average Predicted Reliability Rating even if its bar is in the negative zone. A broken bar indicates a percentage that extends beyond the chart. In cases where a model was new or redesigned last year, or where we simply lack data for more years, we might rely on one model year's data. Those models are labeled with an asterisk (*).
Most brand-new models don't appear here because they have yet to establish a track record. Models redesigned for 2007 are shown with (2006) in their model name. In rare instances, we make a prediction for a new or redesigned model if the manufacturer's or model's history is typically outstanding.
Reliability is an important concern for the new-car buyer, but a difficult quality to discern. CR's annual reliability survey's [sic] can help. Our latest survey, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center in the spring of 2006, yielded information on about 1.3 million vehicles spanning the 1997 to 2006 model years. By looking at this data for past model years, we can predict how current models are likely to hold up.
These charts help you compare our Predicted Reliability Ratings for 2007 models within the same category. To create these ratings, we calculate an overall reliability score for each of the three newest model years, in this case 2004, 2005, and 2006, provided the vehicle hasn't changed significantly in that time.
Three-year data are a good predictor since most new models for this year are essentially the same as earlier models. Extra weight is given to some components, including the engine, cooling, transmission, and drive system. Each overall reliability score is compared with the average of all vehicles in our survey for that model year. The yearly differences are combined to give the Predicted Reliability score shown as percent. This overall average is the zero line in the charts. The bars represent the percentage by which each model was better or worse than the average.
Note that the average stretches 20 points on either side of the zero line, so it's possible for a car to have an average Predicted Reliability Rating even if its bar is in the negative zone. A broken bar indicates a percentage that extends beyond the chart. In cases where a model was new or redesigned last year, or where we simply lack data for more years, we might rely on one model year's data. Those models are labeled with an asterisk (*).
Most brand-new models don't appear here because they have yet to establish a track record. Models redesigned for 2007 are shown with (2006) in their model name. In rare instances, we make a prediction for a new or redesigned model if the manufacturer's or model's history is typically outstanding.
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