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tintin 11th July 2017 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moltuae (Post 130158)
Yeah, looks ok but more evolutionary than revolutionary.

And not even that evolutionary either, so not for me - very disappointing. What were they thinking of - the rear quarter of the grey one of the last sideway shots actually looks like an old Rover 75 :(

Witchfinder 11th July 2017 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IT (Post 130160)
No mention at all of an S8 as yet...
.....

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/19665/new-...d=139988485056

tonupkid 11th July 2017 10:00 PM

Vaguely disappointed by the business suite looks. A little better than the D4 but overall boring rather than inspiring. Hopefully the S will be visually exciting.
I like the idea of the self driving (shudder at the thought of maintaining that though). Interior looks OK. Like everyone's said I'll reserve judgement until I see it in the flesh.
The video was long wasn't it. Yawn

On a side note. I Sat in a couple of Beemers last week and found their screen (pretend) dials to be shockingly awful. Hope Audi do a better job if they are doing likewise

snapdragon 13th July 2017 09:06 AM

DO NOT WANT!
I hate touch screens in cars.
What will it be like at 10 years old when some £4000 obsolete user interface module that does everything goes blank? At least if my D3-D4's switch goes I can get a £20 used part rather than a whole dash. I hate self-driving cars. Looks like an A4.
Not what I want.

The_Laird 13th July 2017 03:44 PM

If it had a Ford badge on it instead of the Audi rings, I'd believe it was the new Mondeo - or just about any other large European car for that matter. Not a head turner by any means and, if I see one, I'm sure I won't notice!

notorious 13th July 2017 05:37 PM

https://youtu.be/3DH-k3fwBSo

Complete crap. No focus on reliability. Only gimmicks.

1781cc 14th July 2017 07:05 AM

well, I'm not a fan of the D4 (aside from the S8 Engine and gearbox) and the D5 is a lot further down in the looks department. I think Audi are on a slippery slope with their design language - especially with that hideous grille.

D3 S8 until I get bored and then maybe Quattroporte I think, or something totally different altogether.

What a shame

tintin 14th July 2017 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1781cc (Post 130254)
I think Audi are on a slippery slope with their design language - especially with that hideous grille.

D3 S8 until I get bored and then maybe Quattroporte I think, or something totally different altogether.

What a shame

I agree - especially given that they started with such an elegant and classic shape in the D2. I really can't think of anyone I know who would consider the current design as elegant, sporty, slippery, dynamic or even radical (i.e. attributes I'd normally expect in a car of this class from Audi).

I'm not sure who it is meant to appeal to - though to be honest, I don't think BMW are much better...

M-A8 14th July 2017 09:50 AM

Hate it with passion.
Look at all the fingerprints already all over the screen.
It doesn't mater they vibrate and make sound, if you can't physically feel it without looking at them then that's poor.
We can change everything in our cars without looking at the console.

paulrstaylor 14th July 2017 10:11 AM

I for one am glad that no-one likes it, should hit residuals nicely for when I want to swap out of my D4 in a few years time +++:ROFL:


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