20 May 2009 - 10:00
Q’ balls
Bless those wacky Germans and their floppy mullets. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have cars like this Audi Q5 'custom concept'.
Every year, VW Audi Group builds a one-off
special for Austria's ‘Worthersee Tour' - an event where diehard GTI fans congregate
to compare hairdos, and where they traditionally receive a ‘present' from the
company. The Q5 is this year's gift.
Mmm. Lucky fans. It has a beefed-up version of Audi's 3.0-litre V6, which is now
supercharged to give 402bhp and launch it to 62mph in 4.4 seconds. And, of
course, it has that wonderfully subtle bodykit, featuring a massive wing and
contrasting red paraphernalia. See that colourful grille? Kind of reminds us of
the Rover 25 BRM. Remember that? With a grille that bright, you couldn't really
miss it.
In previous years, the Worthersee concepts have been pretty cool, and
borderline extreme. There was the Golf GTI W12 (the one Jeremy drove), which had a
massive Bentley Continental engine shoved where the rear seats usually live.
Naturally, it overheated. A lot.
Then there was the Speedster, a
stripped-out, pared-down TT with no windscreen and 300bhp. Yet despite excited yodellings
and much fanfare from the mullet brigade, neither of those cars has gone into
production. Yet.
Some say this Q5 concept is the basis for a Q5 RS. But for the sake of good
taste, we really hope it isn't.
Now watch Clarkson drive that mental Golf W12:
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a little too red for me, I would like to see that in balck or chromed...
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a little too red for me, I would like to see that in balck or chromed...
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I can't believe that this is a manufacturer car and not a tuning house!
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no. im sorry but no. not even close. i mean, i like the Q5, but not that Q5
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i hate it the red makes its look awful
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its not bad. but i would still pick the audi all road insreed of that
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Sinister: why is a factorytuned Audi wearing McLaren colors, anyone? Time to speculate?
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nononononononono why?
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That's the worst 'custom job' I've ever seen. It's not massively OTT - well, this is VW Audi we're talking about - but it's so, so, feeble. They just gave it the same RS bodykit as every other Audi and painted some bits to make it look like an F1 McLaren (oddly). Abt do a far better job of drawing blood(y bad taste) from a stone. A stone has about as much character as a Q5 nichemobile. This is just a stone painted like a racing car. Wouldn't mind that engine in a TT variant, mind.
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Reminds me of that Rover 200 BRM LE. Remember? the one with the Orange grill, British racing green paint and the bright red leather interior? Yeh, its that ugly.
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Dear God it looks like a black chipmunk that's driven through a bloodbath
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"look, Im from Chelsea" is what it says to me, or "look, im a rich gang-banger from LA, and ill cap ur arse if u dont sell me some weed" Apocalyptically ugly, if u ask me...... Lets set that engine in a Range Rover.........
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oooohhhhhhh, the could make a blue-motion diesel version, and break all the windows in the country!
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Ohh may God we need new car brands.Audi is gone nuts.
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*sound of vomitting* its hideous. what are the guys at audi taking with there breakfast?!
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LeBonkers commented on this article
20 May 2009
dump the red color, please...
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