[Brookside]

Originally Posted by spudwest

While styling falls well short of breathtaking, I've looked at the specs and it appears to be a good deal. As usual, I think Volvo will appeal to the sensible school teachers among us car nuts, but will not inspire the passionate following I think the BMW will. I think the Audi will fall nicely between the 1er and the C30 in just about every aspect.

I've read some early reviews that the C30 is definitely not a blast to drive- suffering from the typical fwd maladies. Somehow the A3 (2.0) doesn't have those problems.
But, March sales of the A3 are in the tank...Just released figures >

( Official Audi Sales 2007 Year-To-Date) A3: 1,488 (-36.6% )

I hope that Audi N/A faces the reality that the car is way overpriced and poorly marketed.
It's almost as if Audi has written the car off in N/A while they roll in the profits from the Q7.
Once the Volvo C30 is available I think we'll see a lot of them.
And I agree- the 1-er is (will be) the champ in this segment.