Anyone spot the issue ?

RobAMerc

Hi,

pop quizz time.

Came across this on carzone and it took me a while but something is amiss - anyone else spot the problem ????

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Audi/A8/3.7-QUATTRO/1028046/

Zube

That's not an '03 front end? More like an '06.

flanzer

Yeah, I'm in the market for an A8 and spotted that the other day also!

Run_to_da_hills

It could be a 03 kit car.

RobAMerc

flanzer wrote: »

Yeah, I'm in the market for an A8 and spotted that the other day also!

Flanzer - are you looking for an A8 as a family car ?

It this your 5th or 6th kid ?

JoeA3

Yeah, its the newer front end! That didn't appear on the A8 until mid-late 2005. And it ain't as simple as a different grill. The bonnet, grill, bumper (and maybe even the lights) are slightly different.
When I had the A3, I read about some guys in the UK who did the conversion to the new (uglier in my opinion!) face, and it wasn't that straightforward a job.

That's quite possibly a crashed-repair or the previous owner could have just done a conversion...

colm_mcm

unless the bonnet, wings lights and bumper were being replaced anyway....

RobAMerc

conversion might have been worth doing on UK car - you can just buy a new plate and hide its age that way - but pointless here when you've a big 03 stuck on the thing.

i reckon this is just crashed and the repairer found it easier to source the parts from a newer model than the original one.

its still a very nice car though.

unkel

RobAMerc wrote: »

anyone else spot the problem ????

The price is too high

flanzer

RobAMerc wrote: »

Flanzer - are you looking for an A8 as a family car ?

It this your 5th or 6th kid ?

As I enter my 30s and with my 1st on the way, I'm beginning to like my comforts! It's only a matter of time before I become a regular poster on BG&RH!

An A8 is conjusive to this impending change in lifestyle!

RobAMerc

if you go that big you'll have to change your name to "Panzer"

Mc-BigE

this is what it should look like
http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Audi/A8/L-4.2/1004072/

and its deffo not a typo, from cartell.ie

Registration 03D24565
Make AUDI
Model A8
Description AUDI A8 3.7 QUATTRO 4DR
Fuel Type PETROL

Fozzie Bear

Ya i seen the same thing with quite a few A4's over on pistonheads. The ars.e end and front ends don't add up.....

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/590189.htm

Check out this one. The nimrod made a total balls of it, the bonnet does not close properly and again the backside and front ends don't match.

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/585223.htm


If you want a (very) late 2004/2005+ facelift model then buy one!!!!!

RobAMerc

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Ya i seen the same thing with quite a few A4's over on pistonheads. The ars.e end and front ends don't add up.....

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/590189.htm

Check out this one. The nimrod made a total balls of it, the bonnet does close properly and again the backside and front ends don't match.

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/585223.htm


If you want a (very) late 2004/2005+ facelift model then buy one!!!!!

Second lad admits its a Cat D though - which is fair enough.

vectra

RobAMerc wrote: »

Hi,

anyone else spot the problem ????

Its an Audi
:D:D

Sorry AudiChris

RedorDead

Zube wrote: »

That's not an '03 front end? More like an '06.

AFAIK Audi offers a retro fit for old style A3 models and A8 models to retrofit the new single frame grille of newer models onto the older models.

So this



turns into this



Obviously apart from the colour........:o

E92

Audi ruined the front end of all their cars when they decided to combine the upper and lower grilles. They used to look so good at the front until then.