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22-03-2006, 01:35 PM
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Formally Kia Chaser
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They said something like the Australian market wasn't ready for the AU design... but what car designs has the AU had a potential influence on?
Post your throughts: Mine is the Ssangyong Musso: 
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22-03-2006, 01:56 PM
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Fantastic Plastic
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I recon since the AU came out, despite the lights, the more oval curved aero-dynamic roofline and bonnet that was used seems to be the norm for most cars these days , all cars were a bit more squarer before the AU , i think the AU really set the way in sleak/aero-dynamic looks compared to cars before it.
I remember the first time i saw an AU all i saw was the lights and the cheesy grill (didn't even notice the body shape then really ..lol), and i thought "YUK" , but times change and the shape of the AU has really grown on me since its past arival, looking at older cars like my old XE now i think "gee , almost a tissue box like the old volvos" ..lol , still love my old xe though too ;) . just my 2 cents. 
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22-03-2006, 02:40 PM
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i think the designers sucked back a few cones before deciding on the final design
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22-03-2006, 03:33 PM
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Mercedes CLS Coupe - the rears of those are almost AU-identical!
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22-03-2006, 03:46 PM
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22-03-2006, 04:03 PM
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22-03-2006, 06:29 PM
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Was also designed by a woman too .. no offence
*puts on flame-proof suit and waits for warmth*
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22-03-2006, 06:41 PM
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lol - yeah - noticed how you have no problem sticking the key in when it's dark - they've now put lights everywhere so you can't go wrong!
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22-03-2006, 07:21 PM
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well i think that after holden fans hated the shape of au tail lights and that i think the VY is pretty much the same shape.
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22-03-2006, 08:09 PM
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Yup plus their 17" five spoke rims are nearly identical to the AUII 17" Tickford 5 spokers.
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22-03-2006, 08:17 PM
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22-03-2006, 09:11 PM
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lol , is this gonna turn into the burn the holden crummydore thread ? :evil_laug ! ..if so dont mind ..lol , but imo i dont the the Au series fords look anything like any Holden . Allthough from a distance from the front end of the newer ba-bf's i see a resemblence to the older clubsport crummydores , i dunno , they all sorta look the same to me these days apart from the original au and the au XR series , is why i bought a AU XR ;) .
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22-03-2006, 09:16 PM
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MERCEDES CLS - says it all!
   
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22-03-2006, 09:20 PM
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OMG ... Samantha ...wow if that a crummydore then i eat my words , i aint seen that model be4 , that *** end looks just like an AU ! :O
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22-03-2006, 09:21 PM
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ah sorry mercedes , i didnt see that above the pic till after i posted ..sorry
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23-03-2006, 12:51 AM
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The Mercedes lights look a lot like the AU's, but also check out that boot lid line as well. The Germans just copied! And I'm sure most Aussies love the look of it too, while so many bagged the good old AU!
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23-03-2006, 08:49 AM
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The current , more trianguar shaped rear lights, both only appeared on Holden AND Ford, after the AU. Before that they both had a rounder, longer type tail light. SO Id say Commodore and Falcon taillights may have been derived from the AU?
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23-03-2006, 11:00 AM
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Does anyone think that the AU tail light design might have been stolen off Mitsubishi... or others? This is a 1997 Magna:
 But Ford made it famous.... take a look at the Lexus IS200  But there was another mercedes that had even more triangular tail lights like the AU... I actaully mistook one for an AU from 50 meters behind... anyone know what this one was?
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23-03-2006, 11:04 AM
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it goes back further than that.
Look at the TE Cortina taillight and compare it to the Magna sedan .... and also AU wagon and onwards. 
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23-03-2006, 11:07 AM
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Ahhh .... the good ol' TEs were a great car ... modernised ... even better.
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23-03-2006, 02:39 PM
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I don't know about the TE Cortina. I mean that is like comparing a circle to a square. I know that everything evolves... but I think the Cortina is a bit too basic to comapre to.... you could say early model commodore/falcon tail lights came from that...just a bit longer.
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23-03-2006, 04:00 PM
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Ane of the newer Hyundai cars has a shocking looking Whale mouth grille... never heard someone complain about them...
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23-03-2006, 08:38 PM
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???Where are all the baby seagulls???
StandardAU, please explain this to me! I've been puzzled by this comment of yours for ages LOL! GK |
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23-03-2006, 10:09 PM
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Not so much for copying the AU design.. but the styling of the later magnas and lancers.. especially the front head-lights were no doubt influenced by the AU Styling.
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23-03-2006, 10:15 PM
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Thats the best thing about the au with all these new cars it means it will take the au along time to date. I was thinking if you lined a ba up next to an au and had someone who has never seen an aussie car I wonder which one they think would be the newer model
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24-03-2006, 04:15 PM
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Yeah, the AU head lights are very unique. THe new magna tried it and biy did it look crap. Can't beat an original.
Cool thing too is that the AU was never repeated like the BA/BF and EF/EL
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24-03-2006, 05:04 PM
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i rekon they did, just look at the difference between au1 and au3.....,
ef-el..........................au1-3 rear lights....................yes front grill.....................yes interior........................yes dats good enough for me. Last edited by SIKSIX; 24-03-2006 at 05:05 PM. Reason: im s#it |
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