new face for Audis

[DieMarthaDie at aol.com]

I don't have a gripe with the body styling, I like the edging and the slightly elongated TT look.  It's the gaping MAW on the front that repells me.  I bet they'll be great aftermarket business selling fix-a-front kits ;)

It just seems like the homage to past cars is fine in a show car but not on the street where it really looks silly.

Check the new Automobile mag for more photos of the "real" Nuvolari...

It seems more an extreme attempt to make a "statement" in styling than an well thought out attempt at styling.

But, what does my opinion matter, I'm not buying one ;)

John
90 V8Q

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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.html
>
> 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, looks like tweety-bird, massive head, no body.  Also, if I like a new car design 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 controversial or misunderstood it won't stand the test of time.
> >
> >Anyhoo,
> >Javad
> >
> >
> >
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>Of courts this is just IMHO.
> >>
> >>Ben