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Driving north along California’s legendary Highway 1, the scenery changes dramatically. The dry desert landscape of the southern and central coasts gives way to lush greenery and tall redwoods, especially once you’ve crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and head north from San Francisco. Take a diversion inland from these coastal roads, and you will soon forget you are so close to the Pacific Ocean as you navigate narrow highways that meander between vineyard after vineyard. It’s easy to imagine that you have somehow taken a wrong turn and ended up in Europe.
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Here you go: http://www.fourtitude.com/news...shtml
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Fixed, thanks for the heads up.
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Quote » Achim Badstubner, design team leader for the new A6, explained that this type of immediate identification is important for drivers of high-performance cars, amounting to what can best be called “overtaking prestige” on the Autobahn.
When viewed from directly from the front, such as in a rear-view mirror of a car it might be overtaking, the A6 has several key features that conspire to give it a powerful, menacing face, encouraging slower traffic to move to the right. The top of the hood is arched, creating a “power dome,” as Badstubner describes it. From there, the edges of the hood give way to the sculpted fenders, lending a sense of muscularity, or shoulders, to the car. The headlights, as the eyes of the car, slant slightly downward as they move to center, the effect resembling a disapproving scowl to left lane-cloggers.
Now THAT is reasoning I can get behind.
#6
ahhh, highway 1.
I went from Monterey to LA on highway1, by accident.... quite the workout....."irregardless" of all of the rants on the waterfall grille, viewed from the side, this car is pure $ex
I still haven't seen one in person, but I like what I see from the pix
were there an Avant now, I'd probably trade in the '00 avant for one.....
and the 255 hp 3.2 has gotta be a refreshing kick in the pants over the 200 or 220 in the C5......
and good to hear that Al is used ... at least a little... in the A6
Quote, originally posted by George@Fourtitude » When viewed from directly from the front, such as in a rear-view mirror of a car it might be overtaking, the A6 has several key features that conspire to give it a powerful, menacing face, encouraging slower traffic to move to the right. The top of the hood is arched, creating a “power dome,” as Badstubner describes it. From there, the edges of the hood give way to the sculpted fenders, lending a sense of muscularity, or shoulders, to the car. The headlights, as the eyes of the car, slant slightly downward as they move to center, the effect resembling a disapproving scowl to left lane-cloggers hope it works in the USA as well
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I'm driving a 3.2 quattro this week. The car has decent power, noticeably faster than the 3.0 IMHO, and lugging around extra weight no less.It's also notable how many German car drivers pass you on the highway sitting off your 11:00 or your 1:00, looking back at the waterfall grille..... maybe trying to decide if they like it or not.
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the front end.....Passat inspired with the "waterfall" grille.The lines are hard to notice in pics...but at the dealership....
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Quote, originally posted by GT17V » the front end.....Passat inspired with the "waterfall" grille. The lines are hard to notice in pics...but at the dealership....
Where do you get that? The new Passat isn't even out yet. The old Passat - well within its own design - is as closely shaped off of the C4 100/A6 as the new A6 is to the Passat. So if that's the case, the C4 Audi set that mould.
I gotta defend the rings.
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compare the lines of the current "B5.5" Passat and compare it to the the new A6. I have noticed, if it wasn't for the "waterfall" grille standing out so much, when you compare the overall shape/lines...it's almost identical.
(B5.5 with Votex shown)
If I said B5 (98 to about 01.5)....then I agree, nothing alike up front
Modified by GT17V at 3:29 PM 12-14-2004
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Yeah, but compare these.....
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This generation Passat came out in 1998. That generation A6/100 came out in 1990.
Now, I'm not saying they're spot on, but that A6 and Passat are about as close as thew new A6 and Passat. Maybe closer.
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