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Originally Posted by Ultimate Car Guy 
I'm not an engineer, but if i were Audi, i would not only focus on building a platform which pushes the characteristics of FWD closer to RWD. I would focus on reducing WEIGHT. I believe that Audi has the advantage over BMW and MB is mass producing aluminium construction. And it has to use this expertise as a weapon to compete with BMWs dynamics prowess.
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Weight is indeed an issue with Audis with Quattro. Even with their ASF they can only 'pay' for the weight deficit caused by the naturally more porky AWD mechanicals.