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Stud Or Dud? Will Audi's Upcoming A7 Score a Direct Hit On The CLS?

Agent009 submitted on 06/20/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:16 AM
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Stud Or Dud? Will Audi's Upcoming A7 Score a Direct Hit On The CLS?

Bosses at Audi won’t rest until every possible niche has been filled – and now, the four-door coupé market is in their sights.

These exclusive images provide the best look yet at the new A7. It’s Audi’s challenger to the Mercedes CLS, as well as the forthcoming BMW 8-Series, and promises a strong combination of luxury, style and performance.

The A7 will showcase a raft of technology, including the second-generation of Audi’s MMI cabin control system. And according to insiders at the Ingolstadt company, it will raise the bar even higher in terms of interior quality.
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HSCenterconsole - 6/20/2008 11:25:24 AM

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Kraut_god - 6/20/2008 1:50:33 PM

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MercedesBenz00Z - 6/20/2008 2:44:02 PM

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this kraut boy must be jealous like hell, because all he can afford is a Honda Civic.

enthusiastx11 - 6/20/2008 11:27:48 AM

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total stud.

looks like an exotic.

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henbmw - 6/20/2008 11:33:22 AM

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STUD. Rear-end could use some work tho

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DROOPYSAKK - 6/20/2008 11:33:36 AM

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993Turbo - 6/20/2008 11:34:22 AM

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Awesome. The car the Panamera should have been.

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Brembo - 6/20/2008 11:35:17 AM

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cool.

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Star - 6/20/2008 11:35:48 AM

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Now, that's one great looking car. STUD!!!

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AlexTx - 6/20/2008 11:37:27 AM

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STUD!!!!

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85bmw745i - 6/20/2008 4:31:44 PMView My AgentSpace

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Hell Yeah!! If it looks exactly like the pic with the fenders I'd love to have it!!!! This thing is stunning! and I'm a BMW guy but I have always loved audis designs like the A8, and now this Beautiful!! Too bad it won't look like that. It's a shame how automakers always tone cars down. Like the Saturn Aura, nowhere near as nice and sporty as the first photos with the flared fenders etc.

kpaxx - 6/20/2008 11:37:52 AM

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I still like the CLS better, though I do find this car to have some attractive elements

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devitocoke - 6/20/2008 11:42:44 AM

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Stud, but I will wait for the BMW 8 series.

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Vantage - 6/20/2008 11:55:12 AM

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Pretty sweet. Though the wheel arches are a little too pronounced for me. I am not sure about all the chrome around the grill either. Whats up with the roof lines?

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Peyton18 - 6/20/2008 11:58:59 AM

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looks awesome except for those huge fog lights

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silver1 - 6/20/2008 12:00:33 PM

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I'm really thinking about getting this.......Gotta lot of saving to do....I think the price is going to be around $65,000, since thay stated it's going to be price above the A6 and below the A8....

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ym73 - 6/21/2008 10:31:31 AM

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That would put the price in the $70k area.

Ab311 - 6/20/2008 12:07:31 PM

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gsh23 - 6/20/2008 12:10:17 PM

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passat cc + malibu rear= nice try!

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DaHarder - 6/20/2008 12:25:38 PM

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Personally, I Find This More Aesthetically Pleasing Than The CLS, and Far More Masculine/Powerful Looking As Well...

Note: Though I Know That This Is Only A Rendering, It Sure Looks Like They're Hinting At A 4-Door Retractable Hardtop With All Those 'Strategically Placed' Break-Lines In The Roof Structure... Hmm?

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Nostradamus - 6/20/2008 12:27:31 PM

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Great observation! it does look like a folding roof - BTW - TOTAL STUD!

85bmw745i - 6/20/2008 4:35:54 PMView My AgentSpace

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Thats what I was going to say. It would be nice to be able to seat 4 comfortably and still have the roof down.

henbmw - 6/23/2008 3:03:11 PM

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Agreed and good eyes...

But I really hope they don't make this a sedan/droptop. A panorama roof would do just fine without destroying driving dynamics and trunk space.

tecnopolis - 6/20/2008 12:25:49 PM

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I think it looks very promising!

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SDswtc44 - 6/20/2008 12:31:41 PM

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It looks very good, probably the second best offering from Audi, with the R8 coming first. I must say though, that this styling may be too aggressive for some people looking at buying a CLS. The CLS is definitely more elegant and refined, while the A7 looks like a super car.

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LUXCAR32 - 6/20/2008 4:50:26 PM

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Isn't that kinda the idea of trying to make it look coupe-like? I mean when i think "four door coupe" I'm think a more aggressive and sporty looking sedan with a slopped roof-line. It's great that it looks more aggressive and I think that mercedes will probably go in a more aggressive direction with the next generation CLS based on this photoshop and the concept CS having such aggressive styles.

MeanVulcan - 6/25/2008 8:26:01 AM

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"Supercar" styling is not a bad thing if it still seats 4 adults comfortably and drives well. I love the front styling, the fogs lights, as some have mentioned, I think are smaller than they appear, the chrome surrounds make it look like a large light assembly when it is not. The rear is very nice but its not as awesome looking as the front.
The CLS now looks old styling to me, the BMW 8-series concept looks like an overdesigned and overstyled car. BMW is trying waaay too hard to be different. Calling their cars PAVs or SAVs or POSs makes no different to the savvy buyer, an SUV is an SUV, period.
The A7 is a STUD.

monkeyrun - 6/20/2008 12:44:55 PM

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good, looks very muscular.

Is this render from Audi or just some fans?

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Milton - 6/20/2008 12:50:05 PM

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STUD !

But I still doubt it'll look sexier than CLS.

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answer - 6/20/2008 12:50:41 PMView My AgentSpace

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Good God!

If that thing actually releases looking like that, Audi will have yet another stud on its hands.

As cool as the pics are, imagine a black one. Friggin awesome!

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dumpsty - 6/20/2008 12:55:48 PM

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I'd say definite STUD!

But it does have a large Mitsu Evo look to it that makes it look real badass.

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sector - 6/20/2008 12:56:33 PM

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Looks like the trunk will accommodate a pair of hats.

Hate the monstrous wheel arches ala S-class/PT Cruiser.

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Mugwump00 - 6/20/2008 1:18:50 PM

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Prefer mine in silver...

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/front_website/gallery.php?id=230274

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Audiphile - 6/20/2008 1:20:49 PM

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Very sleek. Very beautiful. But will my head clear the ceiling?

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0to60 - 6/20/2008 1:41:39 PM

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HOT! STUD! The back kinda looks like a civic, but other then that, this car is HOT!

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_43LE - 6/20/2008 1:56:26 PM

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I hope it looks like this because this is beautiful.

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EL44 - 6/20/2008 2:05:53 PMView My AgentSpace

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Looks beautiful.

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TheSailor - 6/20/2008 2:11:05 PMView My AgentSpace

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I'm sorry to be a party pooper, but what the hell is wrong with you people?!? That thing looks completely misproportioned, the head lamps look silly (looks like the CS concept actually) and the way that roof line runs, you'd get a serious neck pain from siting with your head out to one side constantly because there is no head room! This is a really bad photoshop, but as usual, people here all have to love it because it might be an Audi... Me? I think it is an absolute dud, but I also have enough confidence in Da Silva not making something as silly looking as this!

The A7 will incorporate a lot of the lines we'll see in the next A6 as well... This looks like an old A6 which have been chopped to half the size to make it look coupé-ish...

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Agent00J - 6/20/2008 2:24:38 PMView My AgentSpace

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Although this is a good looking car aimed directly at the Mercedes CLS, the question I would as is if that is the right car to target. The CLS is yesterdays news, the equivalent of buying milk that is already expired.

I think Audi should answer the question What Next, and design that car. If Audi defined a segment, instead of filling a segment, to me that would truly be a car worth driving.

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0to60 - 6/20/2008 4:09:33 PM

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This will make it tomorrows news also!!!

Willis - 6/20/2008 2:25:31 PM

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I'm not liking it. The CLS was very sexy and sleek looking but ever since the Volkswagen Passat CC came along I've been in love with that design. The CLS is still a lovely car, though.

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xlr8 - 6/20/2008 2:39:55 PM

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I like it- stud

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CLK63BlackSeries - 6/20/2008 2:51:22 PMView My AgentSpace

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Stud.

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bmwdrvr - 6/20/2008 2:54:15 PM

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that thing looks awful....that grill is garrish and rediculous, it looks like a abad version of a CC like the desighn they decided to throw out...thats bad it looks so tacky and uncohesive

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JUGNU - 6/20/2008 2:58:00 PMView My AgentSpace

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Like the overall profile and front headlights. But the big grille which is as usual ugly and now even made fat/thick. Rear end also looks like a bad copy of XF. Not a good rendition.

JUGNU

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Audi4Life - 6/20/2008 3:16:41 PM

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front looks amazing, the rear looks like a bad photoshop but i bet will also look sweet

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mwrmmg - 6/20/2008 3:21:40 PMView My AgentSpace

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STUD - but the headlights almost similar to Mitsu Lancer

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eric452 - 6/20/2008 3:24:50 PMView My AgentSpace

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stud
but i think cls is still the best in this segment. until the 8-SERIES.

besides isnt this a passat cc.

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VISO - 6/20/2008 3:58:18 PM

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How is this a Passat CC? Here we go again. How is the A7 going to be related to the Passat? A bit of stupid comment.

daytonaviolet - 6/20/2008 8:48:01 PM

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That's kind of like comparing an M6 to a Mini Cooper.

Whatever

bmwdrvr - 6/21/2008 10:06:04 AM

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well not actually the Mini cooper doesnt share major components with any BMW, while Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, VW....uh yeah they do share ALOT, maybe the passat and A6 dont share as much as others, but it is a safe assumption that it does, hell it even looks like a bad version of the CC

AlexTx - 6/21/2008 11:24:36 AM

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Bmwdriver: Hmm mactually... no.
This car won't share anything with VW. Different chassis, different electronics, different engines andengine position, even the interior will have nothin in common with VW.
None of the current Audis share any interior components with VW, even the A3 which is the only one that has the most in common with the VW gti.

Maverick2020 - 6/20/2008 4:11:50 PM

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Stud.

If it has this much presence . . . stud. It actually out-CLS's the CLS.

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VISO - 6/22/2008 12:04:11 AM

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bmwdr - you are clueless. The A6 has nothing to do with the Passat. The Passat is below the A4. How do you moron compare it to an A6? They are not remotely related chasis, components or otherwise. Educate yourself already before you post flat out lies.

LUXCAR32 - 6/20/2008 4:56:35 PM

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STUDD, Great aggressive stance. Headlights look great! very sporty in relationship to the grill. only criticisms are the back which will most likely not look that flat and ugly anyway and the fact that even though i really like the front, for some reason it reminds me too much of the TT. I don't know what it is about it, but if that characteristic is more prominent in the actual model that could cause sale problems and make it look a little cheaper. I dont think Audi will make that mistake though. Its a pretty sexy car no doubt.

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autopro - 6/20/2008 5:29:27 PMView My AgentSpace

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Great looking car.Audi has always made great looking cars.

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Whatthe - 6/20/2008 5:36:31 PM

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Looks a lot like the FCX.
Roofline looks impossible.
Altogether, good sketch.

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Dr550 - 6/20/2008 5:52:03 PM

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Great design. Audi impresses me again. BMW GT/8 series better be good.

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07mcs - 6/20/2008 6:13:28 PM

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STUD, offer it with a 4.2 TDi

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atomicbri - 6/20/2008 6:40:17 PMView My AgentSpace

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This car will be a STUD no doubt! Audi is doing its homework and they have been looking better and better, very tailored looking, very clean lines, and this one will be sporty no doubt. Needs a diesel as well as a full array of techno-wizardry. This sketch does let one's mind race as to what the production version will be like. Can't wait!

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EL34 - 6/20/2008 6:44:21 PM

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The Gods of Audi are creating some wonderful machines.

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Agent63 - 6/20/2008 8:08:46 PMView My AgentSpace

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It's a rendition of what may be the A7. It is what it is. It looks cool. Something new for us to hype about. Until I see actual photos or test-mules I won't say much about it.

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Larry - 6/20/2008 8:17:12 PM

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AUDI is a dud, the whole company, nothing they do is a direct hit on Mercedes. A rebadged VW to compete with a mercedes?? Please, Agent 009 AUDI sucks and so does this A7 rebadged Passat.

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Agent63 - 6/20/2008 9:25:27 PMView My AgentSpace

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I wouldn't be that harsh. You do know this so called DUD company owns Bugatti, Bentley, and Lamborghini right? Are those companies duds?

CLK63BlackSeries - 6/21/2008 3:04:13 AMView My AgentSpace

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Do you know ANY Mercedes that consistantly gets 50k over sticker (a la Audi R8)??? I didn't think so...

VISO - 6/22/2008 12:10:33 AM

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Moron number two. Again, you have no clue. If you are an actual automotive enthusiast why don't you actually learn a thing or two. With all your knowledge as you claim to know regarding Audi, please explain in DETAIL (engineering, etc.) how the A7 and the Passat are related. Explain to us the chasis layout, the body configuration, the actual modular chasis used, engine similarity, etc. to prove your point.

"The crickets are cirping"......very quite here.....

I didn't think you could because your are an ignorant fool that posts fanboy bullshit who still hasn't graduated from his Big Wheel!

CLK63BlackSeries - 6/20/2008 10:59:26 PMView My AgentSpace

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Looks like someone came in and deboosted everyone that said something good about this car. Last time I checked those people had +3-5 boosts.

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AlexTx - 6/21/2008 11:27:01 AM

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Yeah i saw that... stupid... so i deboosted people that had bad thing to say about the car to level the field! :)

Designer1 - 6/21/2008 2:55:22 AM

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A beatiful design, definitly will kick the CLS ass.

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ym73 - 6/21/2008 10:41:43 AM

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I like to overall, but I don't like the grill. The way they made this photoshop, you would have zero visability from the rear window.

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LexSucks - 6/21/2008 5:58:10 PM

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That isn't it. That picture is a photoshoped image that has nothing to do with Audi's actual design. The headlights and inner front grill design was lifted from an EVO X picture.

Here's another chop:

http://allcarsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/13792.jpg

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motor1 - 6/21/2008 10:13:14 PM

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Its alright. I would consider it if I went to buy the CLS. But that doesn't mean I consider buying the CLS.

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lakerfan213 - 6/22/2008 2:47:49 PM

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Very buff looking.....STUD!!

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LexSucks - 6/22/2008 7:16:43 PM

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That's not the real car people!

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big_rims - 7/1/2008 9:38:08 PM

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STUD.
this car has already beaten the CLS and any other BMW. but the sides could use a little smoothing out though.

Larry is a dumb ass! Audi is way better than Benz or BMW

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