The RS5 is an obvious choice, BUT... Have you ever seen an old Audi on the road?
Yes I have. What's more I've driven an old Audi on the road.
Anything ever before 2002?
Is 1981 before 2002? Big numbers were never my strong suit.
Honestly, I haven't... The civic will be on the road in 400K miles... I highly doubt the Audi will be. Then again, maybe that doesn't matter to you.
Even if they are rare what does that prove? Correlation does not imply causation.
After the hatchet job that 60 Minutes did on the 5000 in the mid '80s, the resale value of Audi vehicles plummeted and Audi's sales basically dropped off a cliff. They were, in essence, dead. Things began to recover in 2001, so for about 15 years the U.S. was a dead market for them. So perhaps that explains why you don't see many older Audi's. The older models from the 80's (if you can get them) are, basically, bulletproof. Ridiculously overengineered and able to soak up abuse like nobody's business.
I could tell you stories about that 1981 I mentioned. What a beast of a car...
Audi = expensive Volkswagen.
Same car, pay for the badge.
Not quite. Is a Porsche a more expensive Audi? Or a SEAT a less expensive Volkswagen? Is, by the same token, a Lexus an expensive Toyota and a Scion a cheap one?