Facelift Confirmed for MY19
06-27-2018, 04:28 AM
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06-27-2018, 04:53 AM
#2
AudiWorld Member
I don’t know if those exhausts are real. It kind of looks just like the ones on the q5 but less obviously fake and slightly deeper? Hard to tell in the press photos.
This is seems to be a very mild refresh even by audi’s conservative standards, which I don’t mind since my B9 won’t look dated for a while ;-). I wonder if the US will see this as a 2019 model or if we will have to wait for MY2020? That said, I’m so glad they are redesigning all of the wheels!
This is seems to be a very mild refresh even by audi’s conservative standards, which I don’t mind since my B9 won’t look dated for a while ;-). I wonder if the US will see this as a 2019 model or if we will have to wait for MY2020? That said, I’m so glad they are redesigning all of the wheels!
06-27-2018, 06:33 AM
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AudiWorld Senior Member
Gotta say, nice job Audi. It looks good without making the current version look too old hat. Are we aware of any interior changes, rumored or otherwise?
I can promise they are fake. Carbon buildup on the exhaust tips is a very difficult problem to solve in direct-inject petrol engines, and something owners complain about constantly. It at minimum takes a dedicated rag and some serious elbow grease to keep clean between maintenance washes, but once it is allowed to cake on over a long midwestern winter it is literally impossible to scrub off without special chemicals and a good 20-30 dedicated minutes spent kneeling on the ground scrubbing away. People who don't wash their own cars or pay for a professional detail once in a while (which may be few people on this forum, but if we're being honest is 95% of the A4-buying general public) get chrome tips for about the first 3 weeks they own the car before they are caked in soot never once to be seen shiny again.
So, like it or not, fake tips solves this problem while also allowing for creative exhaust designs (which, again, like it or not is a definite trend in the industry right now). And it's already being done on the A6/A7/Q5/SQ5.
I can promise they are fake. Carbon buildup on the exhaust tips is a very difficult problem to solve in direct-inject petrol engines, and something owners complain about constantly. It at minimum takes a dedicated rag and some serious elbow grease to keep clean between maintenance washes, but once it is allowed to cake on over a long midwestern winter it is literally impossible to scrub off without special chemicals and a good 20-30 dedicated minutes spent kneeling on the ground scrubbing away. People who don't wash their own cars or pay for a professional detail once in a while (which may be few people on this forum, but if we're being honest is 95% of the A4-buying general public) get chrome tips for about the first 3 weeks they own the car before they are caked in soot never once to be seen shiny again.
So, like it or not, fake tips solves this problem while also allowing for creative exhaust designs (which, again, like it or not is a definite trend in the industry right now). And it's already being done on the A6/A7/Q5/SQ5.
06-27-2018, 07:13 AM
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Last edited by MH62; 06-27-2018 at 07:17 AM.
06-27-2018, 08:01 AM
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AudiWorld Member
Gotta say, nice job Audi. It looks good without making the current version look too old hat. Are we aware of any interior changes, rumored or otherwise?
I can promise they are fake. Carbon buildup on the exhaust tips is a very difficult problem to solve in direct-inject petrol engines, and something owners complain about constantly. It at minimum takes a dedicated rag and some serious elbow grease to keep clean between maintenance washes, but once it is allowed to cake on over a long midwestern winter it is literally impossible to scrub off without special chemicals and a good 20-30 dedicated minutes spent kneeling on the ground scrubbing away. People who don't wash their own cars or pay for a professional detail once in a while (which may be few people on this forum, but if we're being honest is 95% of the A4-buying general public) get chrome tips for about the first 3 weeks they own the car before they are caked in soot never once to be seen shiny again.
So, like it or not, fake tips solves this problem while also allowing for creative exhaust designs (which, again, like it or not is a definite trend in the industry right now). And it's already being done on the A6/A7/Q5/SQ5.
I can promise they are fake. Carbon buildup on the exhaust tips is a very difficult problem to solve in direct-inject petrol engines, and something owners complain about constantly. It at minimum takes a dedicated rag and some serious elbow grease to keep clean between maintenance washes, but once it is allowed to cake on over a long midwestern winter it is literally impossible to scrub off without special chemicals and a good 20-30 dedicated minutes spent kneeling on the ground scrubbing away. People who don't wash their own cars or pay for a professional detail once in a while (which may be few people on this forum, but if we're being honest is 95% of the A4-buying general public) get chrome tips for about the first 3 weeks they own the car before they are caked in soot never once to be seen shiny again.
So, like it or not, fake tips solves this problem while also allowing for creative exhaust designs (which, again, like it or not is a definite trend in the industry right now). And it's already being done on the A6/A7/Q5/SQ5.
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06-27-2018, 11:09 AM
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AudiWorld Senior Member
Hmmm..... the only change I see is the bottom lip which is more spread out, new tiny detailing on the grill, and that side sensors are far more imposing. Not sure how it would look like without those sensors if you didnt get the ADAPackage. In my opinion, it just looks hideous. I prefer the old one.