new face for Audis

[Zsolt]

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Here's the design review of the Nuvolari concept with more pix.
I think it's sexy, but not a big fan of the tail lights. Reminds me of a
Ford Contour.

http://cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/geneva/review/audi-nuvolari/index.h=
tml

Cheers,
  Zsolt

JShadzi at aol.com wrote:

>I usually reserve full judgement for an Auto design until I see it in the =
real, that picture is a poor angle to judge the front end of a car by, look=
s like tweety-bird, massive head, no body.  Also, if I like a new car desig=
n the first time I see it, I consider it a bad sign - a car designt should =
push you in your norm of what is good and ugly, if its not somewhat controv=
ersial or misunderstood it won't stand the test of time.
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>Anyhoo,
>Javad
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>>I have to disagree with you John.  I think that car is drop dead sexy as
>>hell.  It is time that Audi updated the styling of their vehicles.  This
>>look is here to stay for a while.
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>>Not much different from the TT's and very leading edge.  I think the
>>cars today that encompass that look will be very desireable as
>>collectors cars and will be highly sought after for many years.  The
>>70's was full of vanilla cars - the 80's saw a small improvement is
>>aesthetics.  The 90's WTF?  Cars of today will hold a place in history
>>like the cars from the 40's and 50's.
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>>Of courts this is just IMHO.
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>>Ben
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
>>Behalf Of DieMarthaDie at aol.com
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 12:48 PM
>>To: v8 at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
>>Subject: new face for Audis
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>>ok, I'll come right out and say it - YUCK!  WTF are they thinking?
>>Geez, I thought the Cayenne was ugly... but Audi one-upped them with
>>this new Mack truck size grill face.  What's next, carbon wings and
>>chrome fender flares?  Maybe undercar neon in DTM team colors?
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>>Since they're test driving the Nuvolari in the new Automobile Magazine
>>and it is widely reported that the facia is green lit for the 2005
>>models... I object!
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>>http://www.motortrend.com/motor/autoshows/coverage/112_gen03_audi_nuv_z.
>>jpg
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>>I'm sure the basic CAR will be nice, but who'd want to be seen in it?  I
>>can't drive something I think looks THAT bad.  Just fix the front and
>>all will be well...please!
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>>If I was in the hunt for a new Audi, which I'm not, I'd make it very
>>clear to the dealer what I thought of the new face and the chance of me
>>ever buying one.  But, I hope it causes rapid depreciation in the used
>>models so I can pick up a few of the pre-ugly models cheap ;)
>>
>>Is it just me?  Does everyone love it or something?
>>
>>John
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>>90 V8
>>ex-83 CGT
>>ex-84 5KS
>>(you know Audi's with style, not styling)
>>(ok, and a few leaks...)
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