[V8] New A8 W12 Ughh...what have they done to the grill

[Ingo D. Rautenberg]

Yes, I'm opinionated!  The plus on the grill design is that it brings to
mind Bugatti.  The minus:  The license plate is in the grill (OK - it's on
the bumper part than is barley indistinguishable from the grill).  Luckily
in states like Michigan that don't even make a front license plate (unless
your spend the big $$$ for personalized plates), it won't look too bad.
Maybe it looks better on a differently-colored car.  Why oh why???

Ingo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>
To: "Ingo Rautenberg" <ingo at waratap.com>; "V8 List" <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: [V8] New A8 W12 Ughh...what have they done to the grill


Youch -- throwing down the Chris Bangle designs.... you REALLY don't like
the new Audi grille do you?    :-]

I sure hope it looks better in person.   But truth told from my perspective,
the new BMW designs don't take anything away from the previous models, and
likewise the Audi grille makes my old car more appealing to me.  What makes
this relevant is that I can't afford a new BMW or Audi...  though these days
I might start looking.

-DaveC.






> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ingo Rautenberg [mailto:IRautenberg at comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 10:03 AM
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> Subject: [V8] New A8 W12 Ughh...what have they done to the grill
>
>
> I didn't mind it in the Pikes Peak Concept car, but for the
> new A8 W12  -- I'll take a Chris Bangle design over this
> (Flame on)....
>
> http://www.evo.co.uk/?news/evo_news_story.php?id=42316
>
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