Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Artwork: new Audi sedan



First things first: these are not official Audi images or even chops of an upcoming Audi model, but rather the artwork of one person - Gabriel Rabhi.

I think this design is first-class: swoopy, elegant, sporty, looks wide and planted on the road. It's a great-looking mixture of things Audi (grille, back, TT window profile, roofline) and non-Audi (RWD stance, busy profile, subtle creases over the fenders). It's just a pity the front overhang will never look like this on an Audi because of its FWD platform architecture (save for the R8, of course). But let's hope the rear-door treatment and fastback rear make it onto the upcoming A7, which is suppose to be a genuine rival to Merc's own super-successful CLK "4-door coupe".

[source: CarSpyShots.net]

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