SPIED: Pre-production Audi Mule In Colorado

What about an average Joe in the process of pimpin' his A6 ?

— MSP6 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/23/2009 1:37:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7   

Being a Colorado resident, i will tell you that nearly every car company does their altitude testing in Colorado. The highest continuous paved road in the US.

I talked with a Jaguar test crew doing diesel testing here in the states. They said they go from Colorado, to Vegas for stop and go hi heat testing, then to death valley.

That doesn't look particularly special, but it would be where its spotted. Now that i look closer if it were a test mule it probably wouldn't have Arizona plates on it. I believe Audi US HQ is in VA, so it should have a Virginia plate on it.

— Timzilla (View Profile)

Posted on 9/23/2009 2:36:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Suspicious. Have you ever seen a car with Arizona plates that didn't have 100% window tint?

— sdcarguy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/23/2009 2:55:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Its already snowing in Colorado?

— sdcarguy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/23/2009 2:59:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

yea its pretty cold here today. Supposed to have a foot in the mountains.

And as for the Audi test facility i will go on a limb here and guarantee that they would be plated in VA. The licensing and tax benefits are too great to spend the money in Arizona to register a car traveling across the US.

I have seen a lot of cars being driven, test mules or new cars whatever it may be, there is always 1 constant. 2 people in the car.

— Timzilla (View Profile)

Posted on 9/23/2009 3:47:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

A4 tails, IMO RS4 mule.

— GreenPlease (View Profile)

Posted on 9/23/2009 3:54:13 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

The wheelbase looks too long to me to be an A4. I vote next-gen A6.

— Schnell (View Profile)

Posted on 9/23/2009 5:44:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Looks like it was taken on 70 West up into the mountains. Maybe the Genesee area just 10 miles West of Golden. Yeah, it's snowing at 7000 ft elevation today. Yuk. It would normally be 70 and sunny this time in September.

Hasn't there been some spy shots in the past of an A5 TDI with Arizona plates spotted in the US?

I've seen all kinds of stuff being tested here, with various camo. A Hyundai Genesis Coupe was the last thing I'd seen, summer of 2008. I remember seeing the Cayenne being tested here, the ZR1 (lightly camo'd Corvette perhaps 18 months ago), an Acura MDX probably 2+ years ago.


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— vogeygolf (View Profile)

Posted on 9/23/2009 7:51:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Given the size of the car and the fact that Audi does indeed have a test facility near Phoenix, I'd say it's either a test mule for the upcoming A6 platform or the new A7 which will be closely related but those guys can put the body of just about anything on a drive train mule. They had Tourag/Cayennes dressed up as MB MLs way back when.

— Neverfollow (View Profile)

Posted on 9/25/2009 1:00:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1