2019 Audi A7
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The A7's rear quarter shoulder haunch line lines up to the rear lights just enough to want it to flow through, but it doesn't. The rear lights are actually higher. In design there is flow and there is contrast. Two lines must either flow enough as to be visually pleasing to the eye, or contrast enough to make a point of interest. In the case of the Panamera, the rear shoulder haunch line is interrupted at an acute angle by the rear lights. There is enough contrast and interruption to make a point of interest: that the rear of the car has now started. Interrupting the line on the Porsche gives the rear a wider appearance than it actually is, while the Audi looks more scrunched in the back. An look that is subjectively less pleasing.
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I think it's a nice evolution of the current design. I liked the B8 front ends better, but we have to move on. Judging by the new A5/S5 Sportback, it will have a great presence in person.
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Yup. Badge deviation of beauty perception. Porsche makes the most despicable four doors on the market, Chinese cars included, but they do it for the reason. We had a long discussion with some Audi officer back in Germany and he didn't say it directly but in innuendo he suggested Porsche did it on purpose cause their marketing suggested people would successfully associate it with 911 (Porsche) if their four dour cars had directly carried over/copied design elements from 911. Hence that's why first Cayenne had 996 front while Panamera tried to copy 911 roofline. Both ended up looking like hot feces but it's the badge and 911 resemblance that sells them. Quite clever.
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Yup. Badge deviation of beauty perception. Porsche makes the most despicable four doors on the market, Chinese cars included, but they do it for the reason. We had a long discussion with some Audi officer back in Germany and he didn't say it directly but in innuendo he suggested Porsche did it on purpose cause their marketing suggested people would successfully associate it with 911 (Porsche) if their four dour cars had directly carried over/copied design elements from 911. Hence that's why first Cayenne had 996 front while Panamera tried to copy 911 roofline. Both ended up looking like hot feces but it's the badge and 911 resemblance that sells them. Quite clever.
Anyway B.O.T. - I like the A7 but that rear overhang is monstrous....love to see a Photoshop with it slimmed down...or is that the A5 Hatch?
I prefer A5 Hatch...
Last edited by bagwell; 10-23-17 at 05:55 PM.
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Lexus Test Driver
Personally I think the design is pure laziness on the part of the Porsche design studio.
Anyway B.O.T. - I like the A7 but that rear overhang is monstrous....love to see a Photoshop with it slimmed down...or is that the A5 Hatch?
I prefer A5 Hatch...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POVcgiVXRR8
Anyway B.O.T. - I like the A7 but that rear overhang is monstrous....love to see a Photoshop with it slimmed down...or is that the A5 Hatch?
I prefer A5 Hatch...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POVcgiVXRR8