Vorsprung Durch Facelift

Edward Niedermeyer
by Edward Niedermeyer

Yes, it’s different. Hit the jump to find out how.

Accidental irony alert: the top image is the new Audi logo, the bottom image is the old one. TTAC regrets the confusion, as probably does Audi.

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  • TomH TomH on Aug 28, 2009

    Audi also changed the surface profile of the rings, so it may be a trademark variant of the bracketing strategy of "surrounding a patent" Who knows, it may also be the advertising and marketing guys justifying their existence.

  • Beken Beken on Aug 28, 2009

    Thank-you for the update, Bertel. I stand corrected. Reason why I'm just a casual observer and not a lawyer. Trademark it is. If you look closely enough, you might notice that even IBM and Mobil have changed their logo slightly over the decades.

  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
  • Oberkanone Where is the value here? Magna is assembling the vehicles. The IP is not novel. Just buy the IP at bankruptcy stage for next to nothing.
  • Jalop1991 what, no Turbo trim?
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