When did Audi become tainted?

[Ecurie Ecosse]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 27 July 2021 at 20:25

[JDMDrifter]

The launch of the R8 , everyone wanted one so Audi made all cars look like one , drl's , large grills , flat bottomed steering wheels etc ...

[snotrag]

Way before that. When the original A4 was about I reckon.

[Nikko 40691]

Funny this, I was asking myself the same question yesterday travelling through the snow.

I came to the conclusion that it was when the 8P Audi A3 came out.
Seriously how many black A3s do you see in a company car park?

Bloody loads.

[g3org3y]

When the A3 1.9 TDi in 'recession white' became an aspirational car.

[HustleRussell]

I think the TT made them fashionable and as already mentioned the A3/A4 with the 1.9 tdi engine became more obtainable. So I'd say the metamorphosis was complete by 2003, with the launch of the mk2 A3 (?)

[Gunner Bill]

My Audi is "tainted"?

[DanielSan]

The TT, then closely followed by the A3/A4 shapes that came after it.

[Torquey]

I thought it was as the 1.9 tdi and 1.8 turbo came about.

"Cos you cud chip em to 600bhp easily".

[tyrrell]

Having sold them in the mid 1980's it was when the Audi Coupe GT came out all the Golf GTI lot moved over on mass, all thinking they were driving Urquattro's, if they could not afford a coupe then it was an Audi 80 GTE in white instead.

[ambuletz]

I agree with the R8 thing. once that came out all the yoof that would pay £1.50 for their lambo mobile phone wallpaper from jamster decided to get the R8 instead. The ones that liked BMW have moved to audi.

[ensignia]

Let's see how many tired cliches and boring rehashed opinions this thread will generate.

[aka_kerrly]

ensignia said:

Let's see how many tired cliches and boring rehashed opinions this thread will generate.

Indeed. My response would be when Clarkson said they were driven by cocks.

[CDP]

Gunner Bill said:

My Audi is "tainted"?

It's more the owners than the cars I'm afraid.

[stuttgartmetal]

When the late nineties BMW drivers changed brand allegiance.

[djdestiny]

I love mine and couldn't give a fk what anyone else thinks about me or my car!

[VinceFox]

stuttgartmetal said:

When the late nineties BMW drivers changed brand allegiance.

It's this. Agressive marketing including that tosser test drive advert kicked it all off.

[Caulkhead]

When they stopped being discrete models and became badge engineered VW's.

[Gunner Bill]

djdestiny said:

I love mine and couldn't give a fk what anyone else thinks about me or my car!

I know what you mean but sometimes I feel I've got to run away. Really I've got to get away!


Tainted Love!

[Kong]

The goatee grill is when the rot started and they have become a lot more common and bling ever since.

Not that I dislike Audis, I just prefered them when they were more unsderstated. 90's Audis where the thinking mans choice.