Gentleman's Racer

Looks as if AUDI has finally seen the light. This is their new Gentleman's Racer Hot Rod concept car. It has a Lamborghini V10 engine and is constructed from aluminium and carbon fibre. It was designed by Mikael Lugnegard. I hope a kit of this is brought out soon, or maybe even a 1:18 scale diecast model?

Looks like somebody has a bit of a 32 Ford hot rod fetish from some angles , looks HOT except for the wheels .

Pardon me, I just vomited on my keyboard.

Why would Audi even bother coming up with something that steals a large number of it's design cues from 30's american cars?
Have they none of their own tradition left to ransack?

Love it!

It's certainly different. If it were me designing it, I would lay the grill back a bit and make the roof and rear end a little chunkier. But then I guess it would mostly be a 32 anyway...
Good on em for doing something different though.

zenrat wrote:Pardon me, I just vomited on my keyboard.

Why would Audi even bother coming up with something that steals a large number of it's design cues from 30's american cars?
Have they none of their own tradition left to ransack?

My guess is it's aimed at the American market, similar to what Chrysler did with their Prowler. But it's only a concept designed by a very young automotive styler, so it may never see the light of day anyway.

that's just so wrong and butt ugly

I don't think this was commissioned by Audi as such - the guy is a freelance designer working fo himself doing random concepts. But I like it.