Audi ugly new designs

AugustusMinimus

Just wondering if anyone else thinks that Audi's designs in the last 2 or 3 years are downright ugly.

I really don't like the look of either the new TT or Q7.

I'm now looking at pics of the new A5. They've gone BMW on it and have a huge curve on the front of the bonnet. Looks hideous from a profile angle.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/audi/a5/95978/new-audi-a5-coupe-2016-review

New A7 out shortly. No doubt they'll make a mess of that too.

pippip

I think the current Audi's are looking great, much better than the last few models.

Their interiors are probably one of the best.

Only one I'm not liking is the A4, could easily be the current Skoda Superb.

Truckermal

pippip wrote: »

I think the current Audi's are looking great, much better than the last few models.

Their interiors are probably one of the best.

Only one I'm not liking is the A4, could easily be the current Skoda Superb.

The interior of the new A4 but the B8 has a very mediocre interior especially the quality of the plastics. The new A5 is a beautiful machine though but the new A4 just looks like a rep mobile..

corcaigh1

I'd have to agree, front end looks very BMW-esque...

wyf437gn6btzue

The newer design audis seem to be well received, most like them for the most part. The only car I wouldn't take in the new lineup is the new Q7, it looks under designed compared to the previous gen imo

Ericdravancrow

A7 is an awful looking car

maddness

I think the new TT looks pretty good and the A3 salon is probably their best looking salon.
The A4, A6 and A8 are very average though and the Q7 and A7 are horrendous looking yokes.
Remember how cool the S8 used to be?

colm_mcm

I think they have to stay on the right side of vulgar, and for the most part they're succeeding. To be fair to them they are making stuff that is aging well.

wyf437gn6btzue

the s8 is still cool imo, a 161 s8 passed me today on the motorway, some machine

mickdw

Ericdravancrow wrote: »

A7 is an awful looking car

The original A7 lights didn't look great but still a very aggressive and powerful looking car. The facelift fixes the headlights and makes it a pretty stunning car.
In the flesh they are so wide and purposeful looking.

Ericdravancrow

mickdw wrote: »

The original A7 lights didn't look great but still a very aggressive and powerful looking car. The facelift fixes the headlights and makes it a pretty stunning car.
In the flesh they are so wide and purposeful looking.

Nah, still a horror. Worst rear end ever.
Q3 is like a cheapo model for people who want to be seen in a Audi

wyf437gn6btzue

Ericdravancrow wrote: »

Nah, still a horror. Worst rear end ever.
Q3 is like a cheapo model for people who want to be seen in a Audi

Id agree with you there, most of the new q3`s up around my area are all poverty spec being driven by ex ford mondeo owners

ba_barabus

Is the A7 just a hatchback A6 or am I missing something?

Ericdravancrow

Adilynn Yellow Robber wrote: »

Id agree with you there, most of the new q3`s up around my area are all poverty spec being driven by ex ford mondeo owners

Ha ha, true. To be honest if I was going for an Audi, it would have to be hi-spec, nothing worst then basic spec cars, smells of wanna-be seen to be doing well.

colm_mcm

ba_barabus wrote: »

Is the A7 just a hatchback A6 or am I missing something?

Wash out your mouth.

wyf437gn6btzue

ba_barabus wrote: »

Is the A7 just a hatchback A6 or am I missing something?

I think your just missing something haha

AMKC

I think the current generation Audis are quite nice looking and there interiors are very nice they actually decided to design them unlike the last third generation model which was just ugly. It is also ageing very badly and had one of the dullest interiors of any car ever made.

mickdw

Ericdravancrow wrote: »

Nah, still a horror. Worst rear end ever.

Its unusual, I will give you that. Still the more I see them, the more I want one. My A5 just seems like a toy beside them.

XR3i

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone else thinks that Audi's designs in the last 2 or 3 years are downright ugly.

I really don't like the look of either the new TT or Q7.

I'm now looking at pics of the new A5. They've gone BMW on it and have a huge curve on the front of the bonnet. Looks hideous from a profile angle.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/audi/a5/95978/new-audi-a5-coupe-2016-review

New A7 out shortly. No doubt they'll make a mess of that too.

well said



i woldn't drive a modern audi, unless i had four wheel drive and a trailere

the most stupid of all things they over-engineered was placing the indicaotor lights inside th brake lights,

i thinkk them german engineers are drinking a few too many bottles of sternburg

Giacomo McGubbin

Audi's have been skangermobilles for quite some time.

They worked out they make a lot more money that way though.

Armchair Andy

Just passed a 131 A8 there now. Noble bus.

colm_mcm

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

Audi's have been skangermobilles for quite some time.

They worked out they make a lot more money that way though.

They start out life respectable enough, like passats. Then they reach a certain price point when they get a bit older and become skangermobiles.

Funny how a car can start life as a repmobile then all of a sudden it's makeover time and it's true potential is unleashed

Giacomo McGubbin

colm_mcm wrote: »

They start out life respectable enough, like passats.

Maybe 20 years ago, nowadays it's skangers that can manage to get a finance company to take them on for a new audi, or if they get refused persuade some other firm to finance a passat for them. Audi and VW know what they are doing though, they sell far more catering for that market than they ever did for their old demographic.

colm_mcm

the country must be full of skangers with good credit scores then.

Needles73

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

Maybe 20 years ago, nowadays it's skangers that can manage to get a finance company to take them on for a new audi, or if they get refused persuade some other firm to finance a passat for them. Audi and VW know what they are doing though, they sell far more catering for that market than they ever did for their old demographic.

Enlighten me on what's quantifies as a skanger and perhaps your mode of transport ..............I drive an Audi that's 12 years old with 260k miles so I must be a level beneath a skanger

kefir32

Have to say the q3 is ugly as sin, q5 well over due for next generation release, the new a5 is pretty ugly looking from the photos and they played it way too safe in its styling.
In its defence the a3 sportback and saloon, q7 and tt are the nicest in their segments. s line and well specced though, nothing worse than a barely discernible audi.

Giacomo McGubbin

Needles73 wrote: »

Enlighten me on what's quantifies as a skanger and perhaps your mode of transport ..............I drive an Audi that's 12 years old with 260k miles so I must be a level beneath a skanger

If you hold onto it for just a couple more years you'll be past the skanger phase with that age

Needles73

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

If you hold onto it for just a couple more years you'll be past the skanger phase with that age

And there was I going trading it against a new 162, I'll hold steady so

The_B_Man

The front of it looks like a new Mondeo!!

Ericdravancrow

Knacker-wagon...all A4s over 5 years old

Giacomo McGubbin

Needles73 wrote: »

And there was I going trading it against a new 162, I'll hold steady so

Might be better, you don't want to look like a wanna be

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

the country must be full of skangers with good credit scores then.

It's full of 40 something year old skangers at that

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

Wash out your mouth.

Sorry I must be confused with the A5 morphing into a hatchback A4.

_Kaiser_

Needles73 wrote: »

And there was I going trading it against a new 162, I'll hold steady so

You'll have to anyway.. like myself with an 11 year old A6, the insurance is starting to become an issue because it's suddenly "old".

Whatever about the ridiculous tax system discrepancy and insurance costs generally, forcing people into upgrading still perfectly good cars because they can't get insurance is a massive issue that I'm surprised more hasn't been made of.

H3llR4iser

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

...forcing people into upgrading still perfectly good cars because they can't get insurance is a massive issue that I'm surprised more hasn't been made of.

Yep, I'm also confused about why nobody seems to have a problem with this. If you go to other EU countries, there are plenty of 15 and even 20 years old cars running around no issue whatsoever - last time I was in Italy I was amazed about how many old model Panda there were around. Those cars are pushing 30 years old in many cases. To Irish insurers, they'd be considered "impossible risk". Together with the tax farce, it points out to SIMI having quite more influence on institutions than it should have...


About the Audi designs, while I would be very, very, very hard pressed to find any of them appealing at any level, I didn't dislike the last two previous models A4s.

The new one has the now ubiquitous "bulging nose", that was actually introduced by Volvo on the S60 rather than BMW; I can guess that if everyone is going that direction is rather about aerodynamics than pure design - it does have an effect of fuel consumption and nowadays, 1 Km/L of difference will likely skew the buyer one way or the other.

It's funny as the current trend is to make bigger, plumper cars than even before - Friday I parked the 159, a car that was notoriously huge at the time for a D segment, side by side with a latest model Mazda 6 and the Alfa looked terminally anorexic in comparison.

Giacomo McGubbin

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

You'll have to anyway.. like myself with an 11 year old A6, the insurance is starting to become an issue because it's suddenly "old".

Whatever about the ridiculous tax system discrepancy and insurance costs generally, forcing people into upgrading still perfectly good cars because they can't get insurance is a massive issue that I'm surprised more hasn't been made of.

When it comes to this type of "clever" corruption, most Irish people prefer to stick their head in the sand and their arses in the air as usual.

OldMrBrennan83

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ba_barabus

Patww79 wrote: »

I always thought the A7 was like a hatchback A8 rather than a hatchback A6. It's still pig ugly from the rear doors back no matter what it is though anyway.

I actually quiet like the A7, especially the rear! I'm not am Audi fan but it is a car I like.

Giacomo McGubbin

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone else thinks that Audi's designs in the last 2 or 3 years are downright ugly.

I really don't like the look of either the new TT or Q7.

I'm now looking at pics of the new A5. They've gone BMW on it and have a huge curve on the front of the bonnet. Looks hideous from a profile angle.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/audi/a5/95978/new-audi-a5-coupe-2016-review

New A7 out shortly. No doubt they'll make a mess of that too.

Audi's once used to be subtle and have class, but didnn't sell that well.
Now they just look obnoxious, shout small mickey syndrome, and are as common as muck, making audi a fortune. Audi know their market now

ba_barabus

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

Audi know their market now

Out of interest what do you drive?

bazz26

A7 shares most of its underpinnings with the A6, the same way a BMW 6 Series shares most of its underpinnings with a 5 Series and Mercedes CLS shares underpinnings with the E Class.

colm_mcm

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

Audi's once used to be subtle and have class, but didnn't sell that well.
Now they just look obnoxious, shout small mickey syndrome, and are as common as muck, making audi a fortune. Audi know their market now

When did this change happen?
What were the competition doing at the time? Is it a uniquely Audi thing?

Brian Scan

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

Audi's have been skangermobilles for quite some time.

They worked out they make a lot more money that way though.

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

Maybe 20 years ago, nowadays it's skangers that can manage to get a finance company to take them on for a new audi, or if they get refused persuade some other firm to finance a passat for them. Audi and VW know what they are doing though, they sell far more catering for that market than they ever did for their old demographic.

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

Audi's once used to be subtle and have class, but didnn't sell that well.
Now they just look obnoxious, shout small mickey syndrome, and are as common as muck, making audi a fortune. Audi know their market now

Reasonable, rational points made without the hint of a sweeping generalisation. Well done sir.

ofcork

Audi must be doing something right the 1 millionth Q5 was produced last week!