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    Audi Shooting Brake Concept 2005

    Compact and powerfully athletic
    Audi Shooting Brake Concept

    Audi is unveiling a new highlight in the sporty compact segment at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show: the Shooting Brake Concept is a study vehicle offering a further trailblazing interpretation of Audi's current formal idiom, blending the powerful dynamism of a sports car with a new sense of spaciousness and greater functionality. With its powerful 250 bhp, 3.2-litre six-cylinder engine and quattro permanent four-wheel drive, the Shooting Brake Concept produces a quality of road behaviour that in every respect lives up to its visual impact. The study vehicle sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in just six seconds, and its top speed is electronically governed at 250 km/h.

    Its front end is characterised by the striking single-frame radiator grille with dominant horizontal slats in chrome. The tapered shape at the front – further accentuated by prominent air inlets at the sides – and the dynamic cut of the clear-glass headlights give the face its decidedly forceful character. A presence that echoes the characteristic front-end design of the current A4 racing models in the DTM and the visionary Audi RSQ study.

    One new element in the portfolio of design features is the upward swoop behind the rear side window. This, together with the wide C-post, accentuates the prominent rear end. This is where the visual emphasis of the Shooting Brake Concept, painted in Bionic White, pearl effect, is to be found: the flat trapezoid of the rear window and the pronounced arching, convex shape of the panel forming the luggage compartment lid are the opposite extreme to the flat nose end. They give the vehicle a crouched appearance, as if ready to leap.

    As is typical of every Audi study car, in addition to its design qualities the Shooting Brake Concept features a raft of technical innovations for Tokyo. These include the adaptive damping system Audi magnetic ride, an evolutionary version of navigation system plus with touch screen monitor and character recognition, and the new LED headlight technology.
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    Shexy!!
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    ok, this is the first time I've thought the big grille looked out of place but apart from that...^^what he said!^^
    future A3 replacement maybe?

    Thanks for the information and pictures Colin
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    I was about to make this thread.
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    I love the way the C pillar curves into the tail light, and the rear 3/4 angle is nice, but those bars in the grille have to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McLareN
    I was about to make this thread.
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    whats going on with that grille? its ridiculous..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cotterik
    whats going on with that grille? its ridiculous..
    the grill??
    i think the whole car is ridiculous

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    Quote Originally Posted by white devil
    the grill??
    i think the whole car is ridiculous
    Why is that?

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    What does it mean when Audi copies design cues from a Kia? (check the grilles)



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    it is amazing how many details are similar in cars today.
    i wouldnt go so far as to say they are copied but its is suprising...

    the head lights are off the new Focus and the tail lights are from the Volvo SCC concept
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    Neat-Looking Audi

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    Ah, so the new TT is just gonna look like an updated old one (wich isn't bad at all)
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    What exactly is a shooting brake anyways? Is it a lil smurf in your wheel well with a shotgun who shoots out the tires whenever u wanna stop? Must get pretty expensive after a while...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dino Scuderia
    Why is that?
    well from what audi is and what its becoming... NOO plz no
    look atthe chasy lines and the mirors.....
    not my style

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