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01-23-2008, 08:29 AM
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01-23-2008, 08:30 AM
Whats this deal with this exactly? Why are they copying and pasting the same rear light design onto every car??? | | | | | Devotee
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| Re: Facelifted Audi A6 (Spy pics & info) -
01-23-2008, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by CorpusCallosum Whats this deal with this exactly? Why are they copying and pasting the same rear light design onto every car??? | I loved it when they made the "Single frame grill" over the whole mode line but that was because I love that "Single frame grill" .. but I must admit I hate those lights! HATE HATE HATE!!!
The only car those was perfect for was the Nuvolari and besides that they have been redesignet since the Nuvolari!
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| Re: Facelifted Audi A6 (Spy pics & info) -
01-23-2008, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by EnI | If and I say IF, Audi will use eaven a slighty hint of the same design for the new A7 and A8 I will offically call Audi for just a regular brand with no passion! I tought they where going the other way, looking at the R8 and V12 Concept.. A1 Concept, ++ many other concepts but I was wrong..
Only brand with real passion and no compromise is the Fighting Bull!
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| Re: Facelifted Audi A6 (Spy pics & info) -
01-23-2008, 02:44 PM
tho i dont like audi's copy and paste effort, but judging fromt he spyshot, the rear light of the a6 and a4/a5/a3 have some distinguishable differnecse. to me, this is just like in the early 2000s, when c, slk, clk, s, e and cl-class all had triangle-shaped rear lights but with different details.
i do hope that pray that audi can be somewhat more adventurous and imaginative with their design tho. | | | | | Fanatic
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| Re: Facelifted Audi A6 (Spy pics & info) -
01-23-2008, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by EnI | I would rather say, "can someone predict the next Audi's design?"
It's getting boring I find, not to have the slightest doubt on the design of future Audi models...
You know what is Audi's main design theme? it's called "déjavu"... | | | | | The Following User Says Thank You to coolraoul For This Useful Post: | | | Contributor
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| Re: Facelifted Audi A6 (Spy pics & info) -
01-23-2008, 05:08 PM
Damn, all this hatin' again...
I bet that that's why Audi is so succesful right now, and will go plus for 11th year in a row, cause of their cars look alike...that must be it... *sarcasm*  | | | | | Me for President
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01-23-2008, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Audiholic Damn, all this hatin' again...
I bet that that's why Audi is so succesful right now, and will go plus for 11th year in a row, cause of their cars look alike...that must be it... *sarcasm*  | It could be the reason why Audi is successful. BMW has got more "hating" than any other germancarmakers since year 2002. And guess what, BMw sell more cars than Audi and MB. So I guess "hating" is a good thing  | | | | | Fanatic
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| Re: Facelifted Audi A6 (Spy pics & info) -
01-23-2008, 07:37 PM
Naah, I think that we here at a little too obsessed withe the design.
Go and ask an Audi/Beemer/Benz owner what he thinks of the design themes behind the shape of its car, the consistency of these principles in the different generations of the model, the respective philosophy of its car and its competitors, the way his cars is integrated in the whole line-up...
He'll see you strangely and call you crazy if you speak to him of the Bauhaus and germanic design principles behind its Audi!
No, i think people hardly make a difference, they think the car look cool and bought it, or the price was better, or they like the image it gives...
I mean...yes, the A4 looks similar to the old one, yes it is annoying for us that the front, and rear and interiors are copy-pasted through the whole line-up.
But nonetheless, all these Audi look good, even if they all are similar it is an attractive design, very modern, so it meets success. The big majority of the buyers are not concerned by the same things, and can't make 500 responses and argue like us only about the design theme of a car!!
I only think it can annoy the buyer of upper models, not happy to have the same car as the lower models. But it always was like that at Audi, so... | | | | | The Following User Says Thank You to coolraoul For This Useful Post: | | | Contributor
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| Re: Facelifted Audi A6 (Spy pics & info) -
01-23-2008, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Just_me And guess what, BMw sell more cars than Audi and MB. So I guess "hating" is a good thing  | Seriously..you know that has nothing to do with it, and it was a weird comparison. Go back 15 years...10 years... and look how far Audi was behind BMW then... And look now!!
And...let's talk again in 5 years.. | | | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | |