Alfa Romeo 159 A4 Avant?

[Evan Parker]

I want to make note as a ford buff as well as an audi buff that the
reason that the freelander and the 500 look the same as the passat is
because the same designer did them :)

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of Ed Kellock
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 12:15 PM
To: 'Quattro'
Subject: Alfa Romeo 159 A4 Avant?

Autoweek, April 3, 2006, page 13, Alfa Romeo 159 3.2 Q4 Sportwagon.  Did
Audi get Alfa Romeo in a gift bag when they bought Lamborghini?  3.2
litres?
Q4 all wheel drive system?  And just look at that roof line and those
roof
rails!
 
Seems the red-headed step child of the 80's has unintendedly accelerated
to
the front of the pack of automakers which are most copied in the (long
past?) practice of Japanese automakers.  Best example, Ford.  Ford
Granada,
Mercedes.  Ford Taurus, Audi 5000.  Ford 500 (!), Audi A6/VW
Passat/Mercedes
C-class (nose to tail).  Ford Freelander, VW Passat Wagon (a dead
ringer!).
 
(no link as article is not available online yet)
 
Ed
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