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jrumball said:
Don’t like the look of that . Though the mention of a continuous display from the dash to the gear stick sounds cool . I like how much info you can have avalible at once on the VC at the moment
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I’ll dislike the fact it’s pretty much guaranteed it’ll be all touchscreen though...
 
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wab172uk said:
God that looks awful at the front. Ridiculous isn't it, that a car has to be designed for a small number of a**holes who don't look where they're going.
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That front end looks weird doesn't it and very off-putting.
 
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Well the new A3 has not been launched at Geneva. Lets hope it's at Frankfurt in September. I'm taking my A3 to Germany on October so perhaps they may be available at German dealers.
 
wab172uk said:
God that looks awful at the front. Ridiculous isn't it, that a car has to be designed for a small number of a**holes who don't look where they're going.
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Not very PC...LOVE IT
 
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oh dear, it does look drooped. Yes, pedestrians need to accept responsibility to look where they are going too.
 
I actually don't mind the look of that new Golf. :)
By the time the GTI and R models are released most of us will probably have grown to like it. :D
 
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wab172uk said:
God that looks awful at the front. Ridiculous isn't it, that a car has to be designed for a small number of a**holes who don't look where they're going.
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Cars should be made as safe as possible for both the occupants and pedestrians. Any decent human would put aesthetics second to that without question or quibble. If you knew anyone, as I do, that has been hit by a speeding SUV, you'd applaud any efforts to make cars safer for pedestrians.
 
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deci said:
Cars should be made as safe as possible for both the occupants and pedestrians. Any decent human would put aesthetics second to that without question or quibble. If you knew anyone, as I do, that has been hit by a speeding SUV, you'd applaud any efforts to make cars safer for pedestrians.
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What is ridiculous about the regulations about cars being designed for pedestrian safety is that farm vehicles can still be driven on the road, apparently by 12 year olds, with a set of rusty 6ft metal spikes sticking out of the front or vicious looking tines hanging over the other side of the road.
 
GeoffT said:
What is ridiculous about the regulations about cars being designed for pedestrian safety is that farm vehicles can still be driven on the road, apparently by 12 year olds, with a set of rusty 6ft metal spikes sticking out of the front or vicious looking tines hanging over the other side of the road.
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Far less farm vehicles on the road and they travel at lesser speeds. I get it could be dangerous but it’s not really comparable.
 
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TYb said:
Far less farm vehicles on the road and they travel at lesser speeds. I get it could be dangerous but it’s not really comparable.
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Maybe not the same number, but surely if you are trying to make the roads safer for pedestrians you should target the most dangerous vehicles first? Lorries, buses, farm vehicles, etc are all massively worse than most cars, are they being targeted?
 
deci said:
Cars should be made as safe as possible for both the occupants and pedestrians. Any decent human would put aesthetics second to that without question or quibble. If you knew anyone, as I do, that has been hit by a speeding SUV, you'd applaud any efforts to make cars safer for pedestrians.
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You should start a thread on MumsNet.

Like a lot of things now, we have to change laws and regulations so the many have to bend over to accommodate the few.

Those few who's careless and irresponsible actions cause harm to themselves, are deemed not to be because of their own actions, but (in the case of the car) a badly designed car that caused injury to that person. If the car was made of Jelly, then that person wouldn't have been injured.

Sadly society now blames everyone else for actions taken by an individual, therefore if someone steps out into the road and gets run over and get hurt, it's the cars fault, and MUST be redesigned to avoid such injuries in the future. And in relation to the Police, the pedestrian is immediately innocent and the driver must be at fault.

Sorry, but if you carelessly step out in front of a car, you can expect to get hurt. Car's shouldn't be designed to accommodate your own stupidity.

People must be responsible for their own actions, and stop blaming everyone and everything instead.
 
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wab172uk said:
You should start a thread on MumsNet.

Like a lot of things now, we have to change laws and regulations so the many have to bend over to accommodate the few.

Those few who's careless and irresponsible actions cause harm to themselves, are deemed not to be because of their own actions, but (in the case of the car) a badly designed car that caused injury to that person. If the car was made of Jelly, then that person wouldn't have been injured.

Sadly society now blames everyone else for actions taken by an individual, therefore if someone steps out into the road and gets run over and get hurt, it's the cars fault, and MUST be redesigned to avoid such injuries in the future. And in relation to the Police, the pedestrian is immediately innocent and the driver must be at fault.

Sorry, but if you carelessly step out in front of a car, you can expect to get hurt. Car's shouldn't be designed to accommodate your own stupidity.

People must be responsible for their own actions, and stop blaming everyone and everything instead.
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Mumsnet... good one, mate :thumbs up:

Cars aren't always blamed but they absolutely SHOULD be designed to minimise injuries to pedestrians and occupants. I don't get how you can argue otherwise. Police do seek to ensure the car was not speeding or the driver was not impaired, as they should, but don't automatically assign blame to the driver. In many accidents its a combination of pedestrian and driver error eg. jaywalking plus speeding.

You're arguing like all pedestrians are at fault for being knocked down or that there's a handful of people getting knocked down that are giving drivers a bad name. 500 odd people (25% children) a year are killed and 30,000 get injured in the UK - did they all get what they deserved? From reading your post, it's like no driver is ever at fault for a pedestrian death. That no one speeds through 30mph zones or gets distracted.

It's borderline sociopathic to not want your car design compromised in order to make it safer for other road users. Aesthetic changes to make a car safer will not affect how it operates. Blame is completely irrelevant - cars should be made to be as safe as they can possibly be for occupants and other road users.
 
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Maybe not the same number, but surely if you are trying to make the roads safer for pedestrians you should target the most dangerous vehicles first? Lorries, buses, farm vehicles, etc are all massively worse than most cars, are they being targeted?
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Agree to a certain extent re lorries and buses, not so re agricultural vehicles. I don’t know the stats but i bet the number of incidents involving farm machinery is very very low. Time would be much better spent addressing what caused the higher number of incidents.

Farm machinery can’t be made soft and round, it has a job to do and machinery needs to be able to travel between locations.
 
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Mumsnet... good one, mate :thumbs up:

Cars aren't always blamed but they absolutely SHOULD be designed to minimise injuries to pedestrians and occupants. I don't get how you can argue otherwise. Police do seek to ensure the car was not speeding or the driver was not impaired, as they should, but don't automatically assign blame to the driver. In many accidents its a combination of pedestrian and driver error eg. jaywalking plus speeding.

You're arguing like all pedestrians are at fault for being knocked down or that there's a handful of people getting knocked down that are giving drivers a bad name. 500 odd people (25% children) a year are killed and 30,000 get injured in the UK - did they all get what they deserved? From reading your post, it's like no driver is ever at fault for a pedestrian death. That no one speeds through 30mph zones or gets distracted.

It's borderline sociopathic to not want your car design compromised in order to make it safer for other road users. Aesthetic changes to make a car safer will not affect how it operates. Blame is completely irrelevant - cars should be made to be as safe as they can possibly be for occupants and other road users.
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Most children knocked down are as a result of running out onto the road. Surely it would be far better to educate children in the Green Cross code (do the still teach that at school?) than to legislate to design a car to minimise the injuries. I believe car design has already change over the years in this respect. Distance between bonnet and engine etc. However, how far do you go? The human body is week, and getting hit by any car no matter what the design is going to maim and kill. It's a fact of life.

And what about those who are so engrossed on their mobiles or listening to their headphones that they don't even register they are stepping out onto a road until it's too late? Should the state legislate to prevent stupid people doing stupid things?

Drivers speed, yes. But what I disagree with is that the police go out of their way, and spend Tax payers money trying to prove that the car was doing 33mph. If proven to be traveling at 33mph, the pedestrian is innocent of being an idiot, and the driver is solely to blame.

True story. Speed awareness course few years ago. Conversation got onto who's to blame for pedestrians getting run over.
Me. If I decide to commit suicide by running onto a motorway and get hit by a car who's to blame?
Instructor. You are.
Me. What if the driver was doing 77mph?
Instructor. It's the drivers fault and would therefore be prosecuted for causing death by dangerous driving.

Awesome.
 
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People driving 3 tonne vehicles when they don't need to be is a possible issue for pedestrians, other road users and the planet as far as I'm concerned.
 
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My God what off topic point is thread going to next.. .. RANT thread .... .more like
 
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KenL said:
You like to be heard so what's different :)
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Not really well not on this thread . .. Don't even know why this thread is still going as There's not been any new news or info on thee All New A3 lately and it'll be another 6 months at least before there is
 
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I called in to my dealers yesterday. I asked about the new A3 and he said the latest information they had received from Audi was it will be launched in September - presumably at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
 
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Doesn't look far off production ready...

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Visually that is identical to the current car other than the re-shaped lights and HUGE openings on the grill :blink:
 
I’m happy if that’s the case. Not sure I’ll like the interior though, not a fan of touchscreens.
 
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Mythos said:
I’m happy if that’s the case. Not sure I’ll like the interior though, not a fan of touchscreens.
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If have, for various reasons, just changed from an A3 to a new Q3. The Q3 has a touch screen MMI similar to all the latest Audi's and personally I much prefer it to the 'wheel and button' system in the current A3. Each to his own but if you want to buy a new Audi or almost any other new car in the future you will have to get used to a touch screen. My Q3 even came with a small cloth to wipe away any finger marks!
 
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This post has flippant elements so take that into consideration...

Cars are going tech - expect more and with a price to match. The change from 8V PFL to FL was significant and that was 3 years ago. I drove a car a few days ago with analogue dials; a moment of comfort and nostalgia shortly followed by ’oh how quaint’. Let’s hope they get it right as opposed to managers saying ‘must have Facebook/Twitter’ - I mean it’s a car: “Hey I had a crash. Car electrics still working, let’s put it on Insta!” Or bolt a tablet to the dash. Tesla is on a better track here (though they have their own tablet dash bolting criticisms).

CarPlay was great as a game changer but manufacturers caught up quickly and lots of in car systems make CarPlay now look a bit clunky.

Lots of ‘Assist’ systems already exist. HUD pot-hole Assist please.

Everything is going hybrid/electric. I never drove an e-tron but the concept was sound. Before full electric matures then a 750cc turbocharged 3-pot purely to generate electricity and not connected to drivetrain is a logical step. Either that or 48V elec.

Please let that not be the production model front grille.

=end_rant





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I like that silvery blue, but visually not very different apart from a dropped suspension!?and the saloon still looks way better.
 
Sportback looks a bit i30 N like...

Wasn’t sure about the new A1 when it first came out but has grown on me, sure these will too.
 
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