Audi's Goldilocks Crossover
February 23rd, 2023 8:29 PM
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Think the Q5 is a bit too small? Do you find the Q7 altogether too large? You’re in luck! Rather than simply continuing to bracket the meat of the German luxury SUV market, Audi is stretching and widening its Q5 chassis in order to directly challenge the “just right” Mercedes ML/BMW X5 segment. The end result is supposed to look more coupe-like (read: more BMW X6-like) than this pieced-together mule, as Auto Motor und Sport calls the Q6 the “sporting connection between Q5 and Q7.” Let’s hope those wild test wheels are an option when Q6s start rolling off production lines sometime in 2014.
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How is that a crossover and not just a wagon?
I don't believe I've ever seen the B pillar go all the way down like that - well, like it says in the article - it's a pieced together mule.
Have to ask why they would give it that pieced-together or stretched look instead of making one or both doors longer, or putting the extra length behind the rear door. Reminds me of the first couple of years of LWB Lincoln Town Cars where Ford was too cheap to reengineer the windows in the rear doors, so they inserted an ungainly filler panel.
Looks to me that Audi has designed the most generic-looking SUV possible. It's all softly rounded and without much real distinction.