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Old 11-30-09, 04:43 PM
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Wait, is that the new A8 or A4L?

Can anyone put the A4 and A8 side by side or top and bottom like they did with the 5er, 7er and 3er?

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Old 11-30-09, 04:49 PM
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Looking around at some of the VW/Audi forums...this car isn't going over too well.
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meh.

Not ugly by any means...just boring. We've seen it before.
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Old 11-30-09, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by dunnojack
at this point, i'd rather have an A4L
one of the auto websites mentioned they were gonna make a long wheelbase A4. whatever happened to that?
They did, we just don't have it here in the US.

Here's the Chinese A4L:







I'll take a S4L over the A8 in a heartbeat.
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Originally Posted by The G Man
I agree with Henry, there might be a slight initial jump in sales but it will level out pretty quick. Buyers for those type of cars are pretty traditional, its either a Lexus, 7 series or a S-class. Its a shame, because the A8 is right up their with those 3 cars.
agreed, the A8/S8 may be better then those (2008-older models) 3 even, more better then XJ, quattroporte - just my 2 cents
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Shifter is wicked cheap looking, IMO

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Bland? Nah... It's "handsome".

"Bland" is for the Lexus LS, GS and IS...
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To be honest, I am really not a fan of any aspect of the interior:





I am not a fan of the flat/shapeless/overly simple dash that this and the S class share. I like the sophistication and depth of the LS's dash and really hope that Lexus doesn't follow the crowd and do something like this in the future. I know that "simple" is all the rage but you also end up losing a lot of personality, as can be seen here IMO.
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
To be honest, I am really not a fan of any aspect of the interior:
At least it doesn't look like a carbon copy of the rest Audi interiors...

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To be honest I like the design of the A6 better than any of them. The flat dash thing is plain flat boring.
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something about the front end reminds me of the new Ford Taurus
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Originally Posted by LOL!
meh.

Not ugly by any means...just boring. We've seen it before.
Agreed. Like the 7-series, I bet most wont even tell the difference between this and the previous model. I dont mind evolutionary designs but they could have tried just a little bit harder. My goodness, even the interior is a smoothed over copy of the current generation. Nice car, but will get looked over like the current model.

I do like the headlights and tail lights though. Very nice details. And are those the low beam lights? If so that is VERY cool!

IMO the new Jaguar XJ-series is still the best looking vehicle in this class.

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^^^nice comparo ffpowerLN. can't tell which is which

that grill is borderline ASMA. Imagine if it didn't have the license plate



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The interior is very clean. Better than any other Audi out there.

Interior is an 8. That Nav pop-up is weird.
Exterior is a 4-ish-5. Not as prominent as it should be.
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