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Originally Posted by Rob  I'm sorry Imhotep Evil, I simply cannot agree with you. Audi does have a strong historical design culture -- they, like all German brands (AEG, Braun, WMF, Mercedes-Benz, VW, Thonet, Hansgrohe, Hugo Pott, etc, adhered strongly to the design principles from the Bauhaus -- Form Follows Function ...an emphasis on design for mechanized serial production (and with a general "Machine Aesthetic") This is the history of German Modern design. |
Audi's design trademark is the shift in design (Aero, Bauhaus, Emotive-human). It's the opposite of Porsche.
BMW is the bits, trademarks, evolved/refined since the 303 model.
- when the BMW replaced the inline 4 with the inline the bonnet became longer
- the kidney grille was there (some some say to cool off the new inline 6 engine)
- with the 328 the dual headlight were incorporated into the bonnet to improve aerodynamics, later the duals become the quads on the higher models, then on all models
- the gills were also there on BMW cars since the 1930s and continued on roadsters and coupes till today
- the Hofmeister kink camed in the early 1960s
- the coupe roof line nicely droped down appeared on the 503 of the 1950s, while in the 3200 of the early 60s that meat with the Hofmeister kink thus the
patern followed till this day.
- then we had the L/Reverse L rear lights and driver orientated front interior
Audi had nothing like this.