MikeMidd
01-27-2008, 07:09 PM
Hey all - newbie here, have long been in love with the A4, have been thinking about a B7 for a bit, maybe try to pick one up when dealers are looking to clear them out.
Regardless, this weekend, at the Washington Auto Show, ran into quite a surprise. In the midst of hordes of clueless car show attendees, kids in strollers, 15 year olds screwing around with stick shifts... was a very sexy bright red B8 A4!
The car is very good looking in person - I was spitting mad I forgot my camera. The roofline/windows carry over the A4 feel that has been there since the first model (and the 90 before that), which I really liked. The car has the same sort of slinky, low-slung look that the A5/S5 does (they had a gorgeous white S5 at the show as well), very aggressive looking. That said, it looks big, just like the S5 - it's not the same super-tight compact feeling A4 as the B7 or 330i, just like the A5/S5 doesn't have that same "fits like a glove" look of a 3 Series coupe. It's like how if you sit in a G35, you perceive that you are in a car with a bit bigger exterior than the B7, even if the interior is basically the same. The B8's hood feels a bit too long for the rest of the car (which has been my response to the G35 as well), but the front end itself is a great evolution of the current design. The tail end mimics the A5/S5, and I think it looks great, a very nice step up from the current car.
The marketing chick knew only that they were expecting a price increase but not sure how much, that the car has only been seen here in DC and in Detroit in the United States, and that it will start with the 6 cyl model in the US, with 4 cyl to follow (which was already public info).
Well, that's all I got. If someone else has already posted on the car being in DC, I'll just remove this. Regardless, after lurking here for a while, good to join in - hope to join the owner's circle sometime soon.
Regardless, this weekend, at the Washington Auto Show, ran into quite a surprise. In the midst of hordes of clueless car show attendees, kids in strollers, 15 year olds screwing around with stick shifts... was a very sexy bright red B8 A4!
The car is very good looking in person - I was spitting mad I forgot my camera. The roofline/windows carry over the A4 feel that has been there since the first model (and the 90 before that), which I really liked. The car has the same sort of slinky, low-slung look that the A5/S5 does (they had a gorgeous white S5 at the show as well), very aggressive looking. That said, it looks big, just like the S5 - it's not the same super-tight compact feeling A4 as the B7 or 330i, just like the A5/S5 doesn't have that same "fits like a glove" look of a 3 Series coupe. It's like how if you sit in a G35, you perceive that you are in a car with a bit bigger exterior than the B7, even if the interior is basically the same. The B8's hood feels a bit too long for the rest of the car (which has been my response to the G35 as well), but the front end itself is a great evolution of the current design. The tail end mimics the A5/S5, and I think it looks great, a very nice step up from the current car.
The marketing chick knew only that they were expecting a price increase but not sure how much, that the car has only been seen here in DC and in Detroit in the United States, and that it will start with the 6 cyl model in the US, with 4 cyl to follow (which was already public info).
Well, that's all I got. If someone else has already posted on the car being in DC, I'll just remove this. Regardless, after lurking here for a while, good to join in - hope to join the owner's circle sometime soon.