A8/S8 [Official] The new Audi A8

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[Merc1]

Behold the German Buick. The angle of this particular pic is especially awful, showing all the FWDness possible. Now here is a much better solution ABT:

If the S8 looks like this it could save this otherwise insipid design.

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[Deleted member 1071]

ABT Sportsline works wonders for the A8s' otherwise questionable aesthetic. 22"ers, lowered ride height and wider track benefit the A8s' looks substantially.

 

[Centurion]

Wow. Not even ABT can spice up the exterior. My biggest criticism of the A8 is the ridiculous size of the grille and logo. On motorways you can spot it from miles. It's like a billboard on wheels. No design, just a BIG BIG grille.

 

[klier]

On motorways you can spot it from miles. It's like a billboard on wheels.

 

[sako97]

Wow. Not even ABT can spice up the exterior. My biggest criticism of the A8 is the ridiculous size of the grille and logo. On motorways you can spot it from miles. It's like a billboard on wheels. No design, just a BIG BIG grille.

Bigly.

 

[Rainer271]

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[Deleted member 1071]

IMHO, the most appealing image of the D5 A8 to date:


It actually looks bloody GOOD !

 

[Busty]

IMHO, the most appealing image of the D5 A8 to date:


It actually looks bloody GOOD !

Obviously, blacking out the grille is becoming a trend with the D5 ... surprisingly harmonious for an afterthought solution. Probably even better than the original barn door grille. Not a good sign imo.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

My compliments to an owner who displays a generous amount of good taste.

 

[klier]

I saw new parked next to old today.
It was my first experience with the new A8, and frankly it’s better than the pics suggest:

 

[sako97]

I saw new parked next to old today.
It was my first experience with the new A8, and frankly it’s better than the pics suggest:

Rear is pretty nice; it's the front and side proportions that are hard to digest.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

...side proportions that are hard to digest.

From rear-to-base of the windscreen, I like it. It's from the base of the A-pillars forward where things start going very wrong.

Damn you, MLBevo. DAMN YOU !!!

 

[hovabongZA]

I saw new parked next to old today.
It was my first experience with the new A8, and frankly it’s better than the pics suggest:

I suspect that’s how many will feel when they see this car in the metal it being “bland” is an over exaggeration from this forum.

 

[Der Hofmeister]

If only would Audi start making cars on a brand new rear-wheel-drive platform...

Their looks are not bad, but somehow polarizing in many occasions, so a move to proper RWD underpinings would do miracles to the designs.

 

[Centurion]

IMHO, the most appealing image of the D5 A8 to date:


It actually looks bloody GOOD !

I previous underestimated just how much the shape of the grille has changed.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

If only would Audi start making cars on a brand new rear-wheel-drive platform...

Their looks are not bad, but somehow polarizing in many occasions, so a move to proper RWD underpinings would do miracles to the designs.

Why does it have to be a brand new platform? VAG already has a great RWD platform that made miricles with the Continental.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

A bit further down the road (MY 2020 and onwards), VAGs' Porsche/Audi (foremostly Porsche) J1/PPE larger car BEV matrix should offer the basis for genuinely exciting exercises in design. Hopefully, the "skateboard" platform will not promote disproportionately long wheelbases/short rear overhangs. Case in point: some, but not all, spyshots of Porsche Taycan production-body test prototypes. Perhaps (hopefully) it´s merely the occasional odd angle of the lens.

 

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