A5/S5/RS5 Audi A5 Official Pictures

[LaArtist]

I was just saying that based of what we know about the car (practically nothing), we can't just assume that the "re-inventing" line is bs. If that is such a problem please tell me.

ohh no there is no problem.. its just called optimism..
me still belive that its BS.. as a reinvented coupe wouldnt need text the pics would tell us
but still im WITH you.. in hoping there is more to this car..

So no once again no problem

 

[Lemantech]

ohh no there is no problem.. its just called optimism..
me still belive that its BS.. as a reinvented coupe wouldnt need text the pics would tell us
but still im WITH you.. in hoping there is more to this car..

So no once again no problem

I agree

 

[warot]

I dare you! Now what? Most of ya'll sound silly wanting it to look at a car we've all seen for the past four years and look at it for another 4 to 5! Get over it! In ever way this car is a winner, why?

1) For all the negative talk about the interior, Audi can afford not only to go out to lunch, but out of the country and still have the best interior in class!

2) It's really funny to me how sooo, soooo, many of the members posting in this form have made statements about how Audi never takes a risk, all Audi models are alike! Now Audi changes up the paste by going in a nother direction, and what's your complaint now? What happened? It doesn't look like the rest of the Audi line up! You can't have it both ways! If it resembles the rest of the line-up it's a problem, if it doesn't resemble the rest of the line-up it's a problem, if it doesn't look like the concept vehicle you wanted it to look like it's a problem, if it looked like the concept vehicle we've all been looking at for 4 years now it's a problem!

P.S I love this form, their's so many people to laugh at!

1. I didn't say anything about the interior. I think it's top notch. Some people think the 3er's is better and good for them, but not me. So don't quote me.

2. Your tone is just so damn ridiculous. To me Audi was going in a direction that is a lot riskier than what they had before. All their designs (whilst still conservative compared to some counter parts) were getting much bolder... new TT, Q7 TDI and who can forget the R8. These were all met with great enthusiasm. Now look at the A5. Are you going to tell me that that is going in the same direction???

My problem is that in my opinion, the Nuvolari concept looked better in every way. There is not on aspect where the A5 looked better than the concept. That is my problem. If you honestly think that the A5 is bolder, more adventurous, and screams AUDI louder than the Nuvolari, well then I've got nothing more to say. I might have looked at the concept car for the past 4 years, but it still looks fresher than the A5

 

[Centurion]

I hope that Audi will make it up to us with a striking A4 that has distingusihably different design than the current Audis.

 

[Lemantech]

I hope that Audi will make it up to us with a striking A4 that has distingusihably different design than the current Audis.

thats the thing luwalira...the next A4 will most likely look like the A5 I believe....which means that for some people it's a bad thing nd for some a good thing.

 

[Centurion]

thats the thing luwalira...the next A4 will most likely look like the A5 I believe....which means that for some people it's a bad thing nd for some a good thing.

If you ask me I have always thought of the A5 as a present generation car rather than a future generation model like the Q7, TT Mk2 and R8. In my eyes the A5 is a coupe version of the current generation A5. I'm pretty darn certain the new A4 won't have the same front as the A5 becasue its front is almost identical to the A6 front except for the bumper. The new A4 must be a part of the future generation and more over it is a very important model and audi can't afford to screw it up with a bread and butter model.

 

[SDNR]

Try as I may... I just can't get into it. I could almost salvage a "Well, it's not very striking, but it is very classy and handsome." but the angular, and very staccato-looking rear lights break form with what could be a very black tie motif.

What happened to the playbook that sculpted the beautiful rears on the A3 sportback and R8? They tossed it out for... nothing really. It's a shape that says nothing about the car's pretentions. It's not futurist and sedate... it's not low-key and classy... it seems more like a "Transformers Shape" pulled from the Honda or Acura playbook, but even they are handling such details better nowadays.

I think the rear has more in common with BMW than with other Audis. I agree with you Josh, it could have been better.

The thing that I find most difficult about this design is the curve over the front wheels -- it makes the whole vehicle look less modern IMO.

Having said that, I still think this car has great sales potential for Audi.

 

[SDNR]

Well Choleric I guess we stand alone on this car, with all the bad designs out this is the one they choose to sh!t on!

Well I like it

 

[RICHBOY]

1. I didn't say anything about the interior. I think it's top notch. Some people think the 3er's is better and good for them, but not me. So don't quote me.

2. Your tone is just so damn ridiculous. To me Audi was going in a direction that is a lot riskier than what they had before. All their designs (whilst still conservative compared to some counter parts) were getting much bolder... new TT, Q7 TDI and who can forget the R8. These were all met with great enthusiasm. Now look at the A5. Are you going to tell me that that is going in the same direction???

My problem is that in my opinion, the Nuvolari concept looked better in every way. There is not on aspect where the A5 looked better than the concept. That is my problem. If you honestly think that the A5 is bolder, more adventurous, and screams AUDI louder than the Nuvolari, well then I've got nothing more to say. I might have looked at the concept car for the past 4 years, but it still looks fresher than the A5

I'll stick to answering the question you posed to me, because as you said "My problem is that in my opinion".
I could careless whether or not it's going in the same direction, that thing is SICK AS HELL! Sicker than the new 3-Series IMHO. Furthermore I don't even know what you mean by "Your gonna tell me that that is going in the same direction???", what direction is that? It's a new model right? So what direction is it suppose to go in Warot, it's not like a 3-Series which needs to say very 3-Series-ish?
Your trying to further a point without making the original one!

 

[SDNR]

My problem is that in my opinion, the Nuvolari concept looked better in every way. There is not on aspect where the A5 looked better than the concept. That is my problem. If you honestly think that the A5 is bolder, more adventurous, and screams AUDI louder than the Nuvolari, well then I've got nothing more to say. I might have looked at the concept car for the past 4 years, but it still looks fresher than the A5

I do absolutely agree with you warot. The Nuvolari was a very pure design, it was super-clean with flat surfaces and minimal detail.

I think Audi are desperate to have a bigger presence in the US ....they appear to be following BMW and Mercedes in offering more stylized car designs, possibly with the hope that this will appeal more to the American market .....this is an unfortunate turn of events IMO as I love the restrained German character of Audi.

 

[Deutsch]

Audi "stylized"??? Since when??? Audi has been going it's own way since BMW started w/ the "flame surfacing" design theme several years ago w/ no Bavarian influences whatsoever. What more can be said that hasn't been said though? The nay sayers shall have their fun, regardless of timing or occasion.

 

[Merc1]

Interesting day of posting here. I'd have to say that I agree with those who find this A5 to be somewhat of a letdown compared to the Nuvolari. The funny thing is that R8 came out looking much closer to the LeMans concept, but not a single Audi fan was saying that the R8 was dated or the concept from which it originated, the LeMans. This about the Novulario being dated is just a big fat, bs of an excuse because deep down (and some Audi fans have admitted it) most of you all know this A5 doesn't look anywhere near as good as this:

This is dated? That is just plum ridiculous. Audi has a wonderful track record of bringing concepts largely in tact to production. The concepts that previewed the Q7, R8, and TT were all stunners along with the Nuvolari, yet the Nuvolari is "dated" because the A5 doesn't look like it? No company is perfect, Audi has enough lookers in the lineup to absorb one that isn't such a looker.

M

 

[warot]

I'll stick to answering the question you posed to me, because as you said "My problem is that in my opinion".
I could careless whether or not it's going in the same direction, that thing is SICK AS HELL! Sicker than the new 3-Series IMHO. Furthermore I don't even know what you mean by "Your gonna tell me that that is going in the same direction???", what direction is that? It's a new model right? So what direction is it suppose to go in Warot, it's not like a 3-Series which needs to say very 3-Series-ish?
Your trying to further a point without making the original one!

You know what, go look at Post 234 by Alwing, that pretty much sums it up. There's no 2 ways about it, if you look at all the Coupes Audi has right now, there's no doubt that the A5 is the most disputed one. The Audi TT and R8 had something going on... they were angular (sharp surfaces, especially the front) but the profiles were pretty flat. The rear, both of them extremely clean. Now the A5... Headlights aren't as interesting to look at (it's from an A6, vs cool shapes of the R8 or TT). The profile looks like a weird tidal wave. Rear doesn't even really look like an Audi.

So like I said, Audi were starting to have their own designs, but now they breaking away from that formula with the A5. They went from sharp aggressive to kind of a blob on the A5

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

I do absolutely agree with you warot. The Nuvolari was a very pure design, it was super-clean with flat surfaces and minimal detail.

I think Audi are desperate to have a bigger presence in the US ....they appear to be following BMW and Mercedes in offering more stylized car designs, possibly with the hope that this will appeal more to the American market .....this is an unfortunate turn of events IMO as I love the restrained German character of Audi.

Rob do you think this is a turning point away from the 'Teutonic' design of the past?

For the first time in quite a while, I think Mercedes and BMW may be doing a better job with design. To me the recent Mercedes and BMW models are far more coherent and sure about their identity than this Audi, which is a mash up of BMW, Audi and Bentley styling cues.

 

[warot]

Interesting day of posting here. I'd have to say that I agree with those who find this A5 to be somewhat of a letdown compared to the Nuvolari. The funny thing is that R8 came out looking much closer to the LeMans concept, but not a single Audi fan was saying that the R8 was dated or the concept from which it originated, the LeMans. This about the Novulario being dated is just a big fat, bs of an excuse because deep down (and some Audi fans have admitted it) most of you all know this A5 doesn't look anywhere near as good as this:

This is dated? That is just plum ridiculous. Audi has a wonderful track record of bringing concepts largely in tact to production. The concepts that previewed the Q7, R8, and TT were all stunners along with the Nuvolari, yet the Nuvolari is "dated" because the A5 doesn't look like it? No company is perfect, Audi has enough lookers in the lineup to absorb one that isn't such a looker.

M

Touche Merc. That concept was probably one of THE best of this decade. Very good point about the R8 vs LeMans

 

[Deutsch]

Finally a car marker comes out w/ a subtle, completely original design that isn't artsy and we're still not happy campers. Beats me.

 

[SDNR]

Rob do you think this is a turning point away from the 'Teutonic' design of the past?

For the first time in quite a while, I think Mercedes and BMW may be doing a better job with design. To me the recent Mercedes and BMW models are far more coherent and sure about their identity than this Audi, which is a mash up of BMW, Audi and Bentley styling cues.

Well this is a problem I have pointed to in the past. VAG are in effect cannibalizing their brands by sharing design-languages across the entire empire of marques they own -- from Bentley to Seat.

Up until now, Audi has remained at the forefront of VAGs design hierarchy, their cars have led the way in terms of contemporary car design aesthetics (IMO). With this new A5, it seems Audi might be straying from their recent path. It is almost as if, since the debut of the Nuvolari and with the release of the BMW E92, the designers became uncertain about what Audi design should be all about ...and have sought to inject some 'excitement' into what they possibly feared was not the most immediately dramatic coupe possible.

 

[Choleric]

Look, I have been avoding this thread, because I was tired of arguing.


But could some of you please stop being so egocentric and realize that there are other opinions than your own, and EVERYBODY, no matter how you gloss it over please stop insulting people.

PS I deleted inflamatory and offtopic posts, we have private messaging for a reason.

 

[Deutsch]

Look, I have been avoding this thread, because I was tired of arguing.


But could some of you please stop being so egocentric and realize that there are other opinions than your own, and EVERYBODY, no matter how you gloss it over please stop insulting people.

PS I deleted inflamatory and offtopic posts, we have private messaging for a reason.

Thank you.

 

[Matt]

Its pretty interesting how much controversy the A5 is producing. I have to say, its very rare on GCF that we come across such mixed feelings over an Audi design-one in which even some Audi fans are hesitant to praise. I personally have my doubts about this car's appearence-the pictures may not do it the justice it deserves-in many ways it may be a much better car in the metal-so i want to hold any further opinions till i can actually see it. However it very well could be an engineering masterpeice-it could be one of the best Audis ever built-but we dont know.

I am one of those who think this car is better than the nuvolari concept however-and I agree with the audi fans that those design elements are dated. The lines are from the previous TT. The concepts saving grace is its roof line, wheels and headlights-but as a true design-it is dated.