Audi Q8

[Galaxy]

As an expensive two row coupe like styled SUV, it's not going to sell in high numbers compared with the Q5 and Q7. 

It will have a much higher margin then the Q5, and Q7 though. Same reason BMW sells the X6.

[veeman]

It will have a much higher margin then the Q5, and Q7 though. Same reason BMW sells the X6.

Yeah for sure.  I kinda like it, this Audi.

The Mercedes AMG GLE coupe thing looks super badass.  I love it.

[12,000 RPM]

Yea the Benz SUV coupes are cool. BMWs a little less so. This a lot less so.

[CaminoRacer]

I'll admit the GLE looks pretty cool. But it's not a coupe

[Xer0]

I'll admit the GLE looks pretty cool. But it's not a coupe

Its a German coupe, where names don't mean anything and number of doors don't mater.

[12,000 RPM]

Coupe does not necessarily mean 2 door. Here's how ISO defines "coupe" (which is about as official of a definition as one can get)

In 1977, International Standard ISO 3833-1977 defined a coupé as having a closed body, usually with limited rear volume, a fixed roof of which a portion may be openable, at least two seats in at least one row, two side doors and possibly a rear opening, and at least two side windows.[25][26]

X6 etc sound pretty coupey to me

[SJ_GTI]

Coupe does not necessarily mean 2 door. Here's how ISO defines "coupe" (which is about as official of a definition as one can get)

In 1977, International Standard ISO 3833-1977 defined a coupé as having a closed body, usually with limited rear volume, a fixed roof of which a portion may be openable, at least two seats in at least one row, two side doors and possibly a rear opening, and at least two side windows.[25][26]

X6 etc sound pretty coupey to me

So you don't think the second row of doors count as side doors?

To me a "rear opening" is a trunk or hatch. I would consider all four of my doors to be side doors.

[Xer0]

Coupe does not necessarily mean 2 door. Here's how ISO defines "coupe" (which is about as official of a definition as one can get)

In 1977, International Standard ISO 3833-1977 defined a coupé as having a closed body, usually with limited rear volume, a fixed roof of which a portion may be openable, at least two seats in at least one row, two side doors and possibly a rear opening, and at least two side windows.[25][26]

X6 etc sound pretty coupey to me

Your definition kinda sounds like it necessarily means 2 doors lol.

[Raza]

Coupe does not necessarily mean 2 door. Here's how ISO defines "coupe" (which is about as official of a definition as one can get)

In 1977, International Standard ISO 3833-1977 defined a coupé as having a closed body, usually with limited rear volume, a fixed roof of which a portion may be openable, at least two seats in at least one row, two side doors and possibly a rear opening, and at least two side windows.[25][26]

X6 etc sound pretty coupey to me

Two side doors.

X6 has four.

[2o6]

Yea the Benz SUV coupes are cool. BMWs a little less so. This a lot less so.

....The GLE looks like ass in person. There's no glasshouse, and the proportions are fucked. Out of these SUV Coupes, (X6, GLE, Q8), the GLE is by far the worst.


Aside from an awkward front fascia, I am having a hard time seeing the "ugly" factor of this. It's got good proportions, and it looks smaller than it really is.

[veeman]

....The GLE looks like ass in person. There's no glasshouse, and the proportions are fucked. Out of these SUV Coupes, (X6, GLE, Q8), the GLE is by far the worst.


Aside from an awkward front fascia, I am having a hard time seeing the "ugly" factor of this. It's got good proportions, and it looks smaller than it really is.

I gotta disagree with you sir. 

https://goo.gl/images/que7sM

I've seen a bunch on the road.  Almost always in silver or grey.  Especially from the rear, this beast is beautiful.  Brawny and sporty, especially in AMG guise with the big fat tires.  Among non-exotics this is my current favorite styled car.  30 years ago it was the BMW 7 series (E32).

[Galaxy]

The only one of these SUV "coupés" which look good imo is this one:



Of course one has to turn on the cash register just a tad more here.

[12,000 RPM]

Wow, amazing what a difference ~$50 in paint makes:

[veeman]

It's kind of the same color as the one referenced in the original post though?

Whatever, this last picture makes it look very good.  Q5 room for Q7 price.

[Submariner]

It's kind of the same color as the one referenced in the original post though?

Whatever, this last picture makes it look very good.  Q5 room for Q7 price.

I think he is referring to the gray fenders/sills.

[12,000 RPM]

I was talking about the nose

[Xer0]

Wow, amazing what a difference ~$50 in paint makes:

Looks A LOT better.

Although, is that photoshop to scale?  Cause if so the car is tiny.

[Galaxy]

Wow, amazing what a difference ~$50 in paint makes:

Yeah that looks a lot better.

[TBR]

It's Audi's version of the X6. A smaller, less practical, more "stylish" Q7. Similar to the A4:A5 or A6:A7.
If this is their idea of breaking out Audi needs to reinforce the cages and build higher + thicker walls.

It's like they took the nose of a half ton pickup truck and grafted it onto a Q5. My eyes are itching.

Well... neither the A5 nor the A7 are smaller than their sedan counterparts and both are markedly more practical (albeit not more practical than the estate).

[Raza]

I gotta disagree with you sir. 

https://goo.gl/images/que7sM

I've seen a bunch on the road.  Almost always in silver or grey.  Especially from the rear, this beast is beautiful.  Brawny and sporty, especially in AMG guise with the big fat tires.  Among non-exotics this is my current favorite styled car.  30 years ago it was the BMW 7 series (E32).

No. He's right. GLE looks terrible.

[Raza]

Looks A LOT better.

Although, is that photoshop to scale?  Cause if so the car is tiny.

The model is 6'8".

[veeman]

No. He's right. GLE looks terrible.

I drool a little when I see them.  It's speed, agility, grip, and braking are all sports car like yet it looks tank like in its imposing width, height, and stance but it has a smaller footprint than Tahoes and the like.  Backseat is roomy.  The glasshouse is small but I don't mind it here. Also it's grill is simple relative to excess of recent Audis and Lexuses. Polarizing for sure.

When the BMW X5 first came out I drooled a little about them as well even though initially most automags said (what's the point of this again...an expensive SUV that's not designed for off-road use?)

[veeman]

If Cadillac had any foresight, they would have come up with one of these coupy sporty SUV things years ago.  The Escalade brand has so much potential.  All these Cayenne, GLE, X6, and now Q8 buyers... they want sports car looks and pseudodynamics in a tank like vault of of a giant.

[giant_mtb]

The GLE looks like an overstuffed toy car.  It does look good from certain angles, but not all.  Never seen one in person though.

[93JC]

All of these SUVish pseudo-'coupés' are silly. Every single one of them.

[2o6]

All of these SUVish pseudo-'coupés' are silly. Every single one of them.

They're kinda fun to drive tho

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

All of these SUVish pseudo-'coupés' are silly. Every single one of them.

WORD!!!!!

[12,000 RPM]

If Cadillac had any foresight, they would have come up with one of these coupy sporty SUV things years ago.  The Escalade brand has so much potential.  All these Cayenne, GLE, X6, and now Q8 buyers... they want sports car looks and pseudodynamics in a tank like vault of of a giant.

Pseudodynamics is a good word.

The GLEs are for people who don't feel the need to take cars so seriously. I saw one with the V8 and an exhaust in Portland. Utterly ridiculous in a good way.

[68_427]

Q8 - helps it sell in the Middle East.

Q8 50 TSFI

[AltinD]

Q8 50 TSFI

60 TSFI