Audi Quattro Concept First Drive

[PricklyPete]

I love just about everything about this car:

http://www.insideline.com/audi/quattro/audi-quattro-concept-first-drive.html

less than 3000 lbs, 400hp turbo, elegantly simple interior, hatchback, butch and ridiculous exterior. Love it...if only I could afford one if they do in fact produce it like the article suggests.

 

[Tristicus]

And it is a true manual? Awesome. :awe:

 

[Cheesetogo]

$150k? I think I'd take a V10 R8 over it at that price...

 

[iversonyin]

I love just about everything about this car:

http://www.insideline.com/audi/quattro/audi-quattro-concept-first-drive.html

less than 3000 lbs, 400hp turbo, elegantly simple interior, hatchback, butch and ridiculous exterior. Love it...if only I could afford one if they do in fact produce it like the article suggests.

I was reading the article and I was loving it, but I didn't get the fact why they would produce this car with spec resemblance to the TT RS line. Then I saw the price. I'm sorry Audi, while I can't bash on this masterful piece of work, the price is ridiculous. I think I would just buy the original Quattro and a M3/GT-R to call it a day if I want both speed and a little retro toy car.

 

[Howard]

The rear and sides don't really look Audi to me.

 

[Monster_Munch]

The rear and sides don't really look Audi to me.

They're supposed to look like the classic 80s quattro, the square wheel arches especially. I guess it's another attempt to cash in on retro cool, like the BMW MINI and the new Fiat 500.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Gorgeous.

 

[Fenixgoon]

$150k? I think I'd take a V10 R8 over it at that price...

honestly, with its low weight, i'd wonder how well this competes against the V10 R8. sure the R8 has 500hp, but it's much heavier, too - 700lbs more.

 

[iversonyin]

honestly, with its low weight, i'd wonder how well this competes against the V10 R8. sure the R8 has 500hp, but it's much heavier, too - 700lbs more.

Even if it doesn't compete with the V10 R8, there are good amount of vehicles for $150k people could choose over this car. How about comparing this to a GT-R? It is really overpriced for a piece of "tradition" along with the car.

Don't get me wrong, I still love this car's design from every angle.

 

[PricklyPete]

I was reading the article and I was loving it, but I didn't get the fact why they would produce this car with spec resemblance to the TT RS line. Then I saw the price. I'm sorry Audi, while I can't bash on this masterful piece of work, the price is ridiculous. I think I would just buy the original Quattro and a M3/GT-R to call it a day if I want both speed and a little retro toy car.

It weighs a lot less than a TTRS...or a R8 for that matter, and it has more horsepower than a TT-RS. The engine is similar to the TT-RS, but it has been changed layout wise which is naturally going to change components.

The weight savings alone through use of high end materials justifies the cost in my mind. The fact that it has an awesome body, great interior, relatively "practical", and some cool tech (headlamps are really neat) makes it well worth the $150K if I was in the market for a car in that price range.

Oh yeah...and they will likely make less than 1000 of them if they do make them...so it will hold its value for sure unlike that R8, GT-R, etc.

 

[senseamp]

It's nice, but should be priced at $50K.
$150K, forget it. That's more than a 911 Turbo.

 

[punjabiplaya]

man, the GTR's price/performance kind of ruins most cars

 

[senseamp]

It looks like a Scion FT 86 to me.

I am glad Audi is focusing on making cars lighter, but the price for basically STI performance is ridiculous.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Interesting, but yeah, overpriced.

From the back, it looks like they chopped about half a foot from the back of a new Camaro.

Looks like a mix between an A5 and the e-tron
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2010-audi-e-tron-detroit-concept/#2609040

Doesn't look quite as good as either of those to me, although its not really awful, but something about it doesn't quite look right.

 

[JackBurton]

It's nice, but should be priced at $50K.
$150K, forget it. That's more than a 911 Turbo.

Yep, it should be $50-$70K. At $150K, I'd take an R8 over it easily....or a Ford GT.

 

[Excelsior]

PLZ to have. And no way it should be priced as low as 50K. It is at least a 100K car.

I am glad Audi is focusing on making cars lighter, but the price for basically STI performance is ridiculous.

Either you're being facetious or you have no clue what you're talking about. The STI wishes it was half as good.

 

[GasX]

Looks like a VW Corrado

 

[Aharami]

gorgeous car, but $150K?!

 

[speedy2]

Nice, but yeah price . . . wow. Chevy should really make something like this. Stuff the 6.2L in it and call it a day. Or make a really crazy model and stuff the LSA in it. lol

 

[basslover1]

Looks like a VW Corrado

I thought the same thing.

I also feel that VW should have remade the Corrado instead of that overpriced Scirocco.

 

[Throckmorton]

I love the retro 80s styling

 

[Throckmorton]

I think the front is too angular though. The headlights should be horizontal like the taillights, and more rectangular, vs looking like that Scion/Lancer/etc

 

[Throckmorton]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=681921

 

[PricklyPete]

I love the retro 80s styling

very pretty