WTF...first Kia, now Audi ?!?!?

[Pro5Monkey]

...and yet another rip-off of the Pro5. Introducing the "all new" Audi A3 Sportback.... (headshake

 

[Hughes412]

But Audi has been working on this for about a yr now. And I bet its nice.

 

[vindication]

relax guys, not every 5 door is gonna be a P5 knock-off. Granted they all have similarities but mainly because, well they're 5-doors. Yes the Kia was a dead ringer for the P5, but this Audi, other than the windows looks nothing like the P5, other than the fact of it being a 5-door

 

[Red Baron]

BMW's answer...

How about this from BMW...

 

[cbcbd]

I'm just glad they're finally bringing the A3 to the US

 

[mountjonas]

i saw one the other day and wasn't impressed. it passed me on the freeway and from the rear quarter view, it looked like a chrysler pacifica. the windows looked way too small. i'm sure it's smooth, quiet and relatively quick, but it ain't no protege5 in the looks department.

 

[SlimMilkMan327]

ugliest beamer I've ever seen

 

[CasopoliS]

5 doors are 5 doors. They will all look a bit alike.

 

[Roywhitep5]

p5 is still better looking. kind of strange when you think about it...

 

[Katya4me]

To me, the A3 Sportback looks more like a 4 door version of the R32, from the side at least. The lines on that and the BMW don't remind me of the P5, the Kia does.

 

[iLisa]

consider it flattery that they may look like the 5.. especially the Audi.

 

[Pro5Monkey]

p5 is still better looking. kind of strange when you think about it...

Often imitated......


turns out Mazda ripped off Plymouth

 

[iLisa]

http://www.kia.com/spectra5/spectra5-build.php

 

[122 Vega]

You guys should know that Kia paid for design rights from Mazda. That makes it a legit car, not a rip-off.

BRitt

 

[capnsavem]

You guys should know that Kia paid for design rights from Mazda. That makes it a legit car, not a rip-off.

BRitt

good point.... plus, we can't hate on Kia for jumping on a good design and a popular style... since mazda came out with the 3 they had no use for the p5 design any longer.

 

[capnsavem]

Often imitated......


turns out Mazda ripped off Plymouth

bwwaaahahahaha-a-cough-choke-hack-gag!!! whew... good one (rofl)

 

[miss_steele_msp]

the audi looks sooo much better than th p5 and the bmw

 

[Jezz]

Just because hatchbacks are suddenly cool again in the US doesn't mean they haven't been around in europe and asia for almost 30 yrs.

I like the new Audi, its like an A4 lite, especially considering the A4 prices keep climbing.

 

[r00k]

If someone mistakes my mp5 for a Kia Spectra 5, I think my feelings would be hurt.

 

[PhreakV]

yeah, I had my S3 a couple years before the Protege5 was introduced (and a couple years before I ended up with a P5)... Mazda took multiple design elements from others as well (err... IS300 Sportcross anyone?) so its not like this wave of 5 doors was wraught solely by the the imagination of Mazda and descended from the P5. the only thing Mazda can really lay claim to is using others designs to create an even better design (the P5) only to abandon it before the public could really grasp how cool it was