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ClassicInside – The Classic Driver Newsletter
Edition 09/2007
March 2nd 2007
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Editorial

“The Audi A5 is the most beautiful car I have ever designed”, says Walter de’Silva, Head of Volkswagen Group Design – ‘with absolute conviction’ apparently, according to the press information on the latest 2-door coupé from Audi, the A5.

Well he’s not going to say “I did the Alfa Romeo 156, and you know, I think I sort of peaked” is he? But, cynicism apart, it’s a mellow looking design that closer scrutiny at next week’s Geneva show will no doubt reveal to be a winner.

Like all Audis, it’ll be exquisitely appointed and will sell by the container-load. And as I write ‘like all Audis’, I reflect that it is like all Audis i.e. it has the family ‘look’, perhaps more so than the two other marques of the German Big Three. Compare and contrast its offerings with the Jaguar range – excellent cars all – that’s design cues ping off in all directions.

There’s good and bad in both approaches, suffice it to say in the marketplace the Ingolstadt manufacturer’s position is a tad stronger.

Steve Wakefield
Managing Editor
sw@classicdriver.com

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