German Car Zone

Very much so!! not really liking the baby-shoe look here, its out of flow. Most or the design elements are not cohesive. It is amazing how you can see a little bit of Audis latest cars in the design work, starting wth the R in the hood design and windshield.

The interior is a stunning piece or work to say the least!

wow how did i miss this??
anyways its horrible..why do BMW and Audi insist to make this class of suv´s ugly??
they dont need to be ugly..
just look at the XC60 Concept..

This thing is ugly.

They need to push the back or C/D pillar back futher and it might look better.

How I think the back should look(forgive my crappy chopping skills)

Interesting SUV, especially the size. Remember that we have seen Q5 test mules based on the A4. Maybe the Q5 will be smaller than we anticipate it too be. MB is wokring on their MLK which is a straight X3 competitor, this gives Audi the chance of creating something slightly different and gain it's on set of clientel.

I wish the tail lights looked like this though:

This is based on the next Golf/A3 platform Luw. It's the car we know as "Q3" although that won't be the production name.

Every time Audi rolls out another concept I catch myself hoping that we'll see a spark of brilliance that pushes Audi twoards being a Style Leader. Unfortuantely, there hasn't been anything relevant since the Nuvolari, and this just continues the trend.

There's some interesting details on this concept, but there's nothing here that gets me excited about future product. SUVs are yesterday's news, and the prospect of yet another midlevel entry from a luxury brand just makes my eyes glaze over. I don't care. People buy these things, but I don't even believe that the people buying these things care. They're just pedestrian-minded folk who wanted a SUV with a luxury badge.

I understand why the rear is so sloped. I figure they're doing an Audi take on the classical Range Rover profile. There's some sort of off-road / rugged duty pretentions that are amplified by the super-raked tail. Really, it looks lame - Audi overdid it in an effort to appear different.

The only thing of real interest here is how the sides of this thing are styled. The "bar" that flows along the car's rocker panel is a reprise of a shape we saw in the wheels of the bad-ass Q7 Quattro concept. It's an idea Audi "owns" so let's hope it crops up in some future product.

The rest is ho-hum. Audi, BMW - we've seen enough of these "I'm Pissed Off / Darth Vader Mask" designs. This car's mug is something we've seen one thousand times and almost feels more Dodge / Chrystler than Audi. It isn't fresh, inspired, or anything else. It's just "Bold, agressive and in your face." Except that bold styling has become the new vanilla. Where's the unique Audi vision? Where's the "alternative" to the norm?

Artist - you are right about the XC60. It's probably the first Volvo in recent memory that's captured my attention.

Audi - you can do better than this. You've done better than this. You ought do better than this.

The front looks ok, but the rest looks just terrible imo. Interior too, and side profile in particular. WTH happened there....

I don't mind it, the rear is a little to angled IMO, the front has a bit of A5 in the front guard section hence why I think its new Audi A4s face.

To be honest I've always being undecided on the rear hatch design on the Q7 which is carried over here, the Pikes Peak Concept rear was more to my liking.

Interior is very Audi

I agree with EnI Concept A and Steppenwolf were much better exceuted