Re: AoA has ruined the new A6

[ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Andrew Duane USG/PE writes:
> Eliot Lim:
> > snail mail is quite bad out here.  just got the latest autoweek (porsche
> > 996 on the cover).  there's a picture of the new A6 as it would look in US
> > showrooms.  aaaarrgh!!!!  i can't believe how much changing the color of
> > the bottom piece of the front bumper has ruined the striking beauty of the
> > original design. 
> 
> I'm glad someone else here thinks the new A6 is so fugly as to be
> an abomination. So much for the new model driving down the price
> of the used older models. No one would buy such a beast. :-(

Actually, I think the new A6 is quite a stunner as far as the styling
goes.  However, a big part of that styling statement is in the lower
black trim that runs along the side skirts, and so boldly arch upwards
at each end, forming the cutlines of the bumper covers.  Making that
body color ("for American tastes") is a big mistake.

The styling is pretty dramatic (for an Audi), but it retains all
the classic Audi cues while being futuristic at the same time.
It reminds me of the 1984 introduction of the first "aero" Audi 5000,
whose styling was so stunningly different than anything else at
the time...

If anyone at AOA is listening...  We buy Audis not because we have
"American tastes".  If that were so, I would be driving a (gasp) Buick.
Please, please do not make the same mistake that has been made so
many times in the past... Ship us the Euro versions as they are.
We like 'em that way.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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