SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: New Audi R8
10-20-2006, 09:41 AM
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New Audi R8
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4022
Competition for the SL?
It looks like a beautiful exotic to me. I can't wait to see the specs on it.
Competition for the SL?
It looks like a beautiful exotic to me. I can't wait to see the specs on it.
10-22-2006, 01:15 PM
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Two-tone paint scheme?
On the first picture, what is the black part by the door? Is that by design? Two-tone paint scheme perhaps? I'm talking about the area towards the rear panel right after the door handle?
Just curious...
Just curious...
10-22-2006, 02:04 PM
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'10 MB E63, '08 ML550 ('05 E55, '05 SL55, '08 E63 GONE)
10-22-2006, 03:13 PM
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Two-tone paint scheme: just aft of the door there is an intake which supplies air to the engine, brakes, oil cooler, and to the charge-air intercooler -- I suppose that the different paint there is to accent or draw attention to the intake....
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10-22-2006, 11:59 PM
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btw, what's the matter with their station wagons... all look like coffin wagons...
and the S line, can't they do more to distinguish from A, like what AMG doing for MB?
finally, this R8 just looks like a piece of soap .. like the audi TT...
10-23-2006, 01:00 AM
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'10 MB E63, '08 ML550 ('05 E55, '05 SL55, '08 E63 GONE)
seems to me audi is in seriously shortage of creative design people.... all audi models have the same front design looks .... can't imagine how the management approves the designs.. A3 and A6 are really redundant.... and who would want to pay so much for A8 which looks 99% like A4 ... only the size is different..
btw, what's the matter with their station wagons... all look like coffin wagons...
and the S line, can't they do more to distinguish from A, like what AMG doing for MB?
finally, this R8 just looks like a piece of soap .. like the audi TT...
btw, what's the matter with their station wagons... all look like coffin wagons...
and the S line, can't they do more to distinguish from A, like what AMG doing for MB?
finally, this R8 just looks like a piece of soap .. like the audi TT...
~ Ian
10-23-2006, 01:46 AM
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2013 650i Coupe, 2010 IS250 AWD, 1999 S500
The R8 isn't an SL competitor, more like a 911 competitor. The rear treatment is optional. When it isn't body colored you're looking a piece of carbon fiber, very exotic.
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10-23-2006, 05:41 AM
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Not my personal opinion, but from a pure design perspective (non-engineering)... if you ask most professional designers they're going to speak very highly of what Audi is doing. I'd say 80% of the designers in my shop in LA (design studio) are very high on the design direction Audi has taken in the past few years.
~ Ian
~ Ian
10-23-2006, 06:05 AM
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all audi models have the same front design looks
Is there a major reason why the professionals like it so much?
