Alternative Timeline Audi

"m2m, apex detective" (m2m) 09/25/2015 at 14:35 • Filed to: Audi, A3, A4, A5, A6, S6, A7, A8, W12, theophiluschin, speculation, alternate universe, alternate timeline, a man must dream, single-frame grille, grille

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Diligent digital auto tuner/prophet Theophilus Chin has come up with a whole Audi lineup featuring a different take on Audi grille everyone has grown accustomed to in the last decade or so.

He worked out how a grille along the lines of the “B6” A4 would look on several contemporary Audi models.

Some look very close to the current reality, others (e.g. TT) seem almost estranged, yet still appealing in their own way.

His take on the A8 W12, for example, does not do it for me, but that might just be the headlights, which do not integrate nearly as seemless as those on the previous-generation cars.

When it comes to the colossal Q7, I might even prefer this look to Audi’s gaping single-frame mouth.

TT

A7/S7

A8L W12

A6 allroad

A3

Q7

S3 Convertible

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For cars like the S3, I think the lower/upper grille division works much better than what they have.

Do you think Audi would have been less successful with these? Or would they have sold better?

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 14:48

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I happen to like the way all Audis look, so these would take some getting used to but I think they would grow on me.

That TT, though, with the yellow paint looks like a Chevy Sonic.

Edit: Also, they all remind me of this:

Punk_Girl_98 > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 14:48

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kicking it old school

My citroen won't start > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 14:50

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His Audi A8 looks a lot like the D3 A8.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 14:52

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If only. Looks especially good on the 7.

LongbowMkII > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 14:53

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This is so perfect.

m2m, apex detective > Punk_Girl_98 09/25/2015 at 14:54

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Oh yes, the RS6 (C5) had one of the better-looking faces of the time. I tend to prefer the even stealthier looks of the “black” chromeless details, but with the chrome making its way to the lower grille section, too, this manages to pull it off.

The only car I really dislike the artist’s approach on is the current-generation R8, which just looks like crap. It might have worked on the more rounded predecessor, though.

for Michigan > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 14:54

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Getting a Ford vibe off several of these. Though the A8 looks like a Passat.

This is an intriguing exercise.

Tripper > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 14:55

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I like it on the A7, but not on the rest of the cars. It just reminds me of the older ones. It makes the A8 look like a passat

m2m, apex detective > My citroen won't start 09/25/2015 at 14:56

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That might have been where he was coming from, yeah. With the newer headlights, though, it seems more difficult to incorporate no-nonsense design cues.

Still the most dignified of the bunch, even after half a dozen or so years.

Punk_Girl_98 > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 15:00

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Yeah an R8 would probably look odd.

m2m, apex detective > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 09/25/2015 at 15:01

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I can’t even identify that car without looking it up ... which is a good thing, I guess.

To be clear about it, I tend to enjoy Audi’s designs, the single-frame grill just seems overdone on some cars in their lineup, especially the Q7. The A1 and maybe even the A3 don’t need it either, but it also works there.

Yellow might just ruin the appeal of many cars; someone else already called the TT out for looking like a Focus Coupe. ;)

m2m, apex detective > Tripper 09/25/2015 at 15:01

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It does look like an oddjob on the A8, yeah ... doesn’t exactly kick it into the future of design.

m2m, apex detective > for Michigan 09/25/2015 at 15:02

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That must be the lower front section then ... it worked like a charm on the previous generation.

Ford vibe, you say ... does that mean that it subjectively moves them downmarket? /curious

m2m, apex detective > LongbowMkII 09/25/2015 at 15:04

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I had to look whether this was the allroad or the other car ... it was only then that I remembered the dark plasticky bits on the allroad’s fenders.

Happily agreed, though, it works well with this kind of front.

m2m, apex detective > Punk_Girl_98 09/25/2015 at 15:05

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It would indeed. ;)

deprecated account > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 15:14

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All I see is a lot of Fusions.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 15:56

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Underbite

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 15:57

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No Idea, but we might have had a more boring Fusion if Ford couldn't use Trapohectomaniacal grill or whatever they call it.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > m2m, apex detective 09/25/2015 at 15:57

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Fiesta nose.

m2m, apex detective > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 09/25/2015 at 16:34

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Audi orcroad?

m2m, apex detective > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 09/25/2015 at 16:34

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Now that’s an awkward attribute when discussing a car as expensive as this.

for Michigan > m2m, apex detective 09/26/2015 at 01:37

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Yeah, that full width, black and chrome egg-cratey thing is very VW.

Ford has some classy-looking cars, so I wouldn’t say downmarket. There are a lot of similar shapes going on there, though.

FromCanadaWithLove > m2m, apex detective 10/21/2015 at 20:43

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Looks great on the smaller cars. Especially the S3 cab.

m2m, apex detective > FromCanadaWithLove 10/22/2015 at 07:26

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I wonder how long it will take until they reverse the “ever larger” trend. I’ll agree, though, the S3 is among the prettiest of the reimaginations.