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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Am I alone in disliking the Audis for a more fundamental reason --- their styling? The past four years, I've thought the Audis looked like dogshit --- like a Jetta humped a Mazda 6 series and this was the offspring.
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Yeh, they do look like VWs on roids. That TT thing might be the ugliest mass-consumed car I've ever seen. You can't tell if the goddamned thing is coming or going. It looks like a metalic wart sprung up from the asphalt. I think Audi's going for some "Tron" theme lately. On the big sedans, I noticed that the roofline almost reaches the ass end of the car. The new fat grills they're putting on the front don't help things either. Now they're bubbles with big fat mugs. But in their defense, Audis have never really been all that stylish. Way back in the day when I drove a 5000 Turbo for a bit (1987/88?), I recall the car was aesthetically lacking (and it had the worst stereo I've ever had in a car). Even their hot Quattro coupe back then looked like a steroid-infused VW Cirroco (horrible misspelling, I'm sure). The car did, however, handle like no sedan I've ever driven since.
BTW... I was in a fully tricked out VW Jetta the other day and have to admit - they're pretty nice. Fully loaded, I don't see much difference between that car and the Audi. It held the road nicely and had good pickup.
