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    2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi

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    Image of F1Morgan F1Morgan
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    The so called, "3 diamonds" are actually derived from the 3 leaf design of the Mitsubishi family crest, although the exact symbol was used by the Vikings, I think it meant heavenly power or something along those lines. Yes that ship is in Pearl Harbor, I lived in Honolulu for a time, its interesting how so many Japanese visit Pearl Harbor, I guess the yanks visit Hiroshima as well. I met a navy man when I was there, he told me a Japanese group asked him where the Arizona Memorial/Pearl Harbor was, he replied, "Right where you left it" I had to laugh...
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    If I were to get an A8, that is exactly the sort of modification I would do.
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    Certainly it was done to confuse photographers, but I wonder if it wasn't also an inside joke by engineers are designers trying to take a shot at Mitsubishi for copying the VW/Audi grille.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    This must be the work of some individual prankster employees. I can't imagine there would be a corporate effort behind this.
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment GreenN_Gold was starred GreenN_Gold was unstarred
    Image of the new guy: now with ecoboost the new guy: now with ecoboost
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi

    Three diamonds, four circles....I think these disguise-kit designers fell asleep in elementary-school geometry class.
    Technically, isn't this a larger Mitsubishi?
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment the new guy: now with ecoboost was starred the new guy: now with ecoboost was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/10/09

    @the new guy: now with ecoboost: You just zeroed in on an important point.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/10/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Indeed, he's sharp like a Nikkor lens.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    08/10/09

    @the new guy: now with ecoboost:
    Mitsu-Bishi, Yottsu-Maru (or perhaps Yottsu-Ringu)
    I think you're onto something here. Man battle stations!
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    Image of the new guy: now with ecoboost the new guy: now with ecoboost
    08/10/09

    @the new guy: now with ecoboost: Irony: this picture was taken at Pearl Harbor according to wikimedia
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    Image of Canuck Chinaman Canuck Chinaman
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    ¡ʇuɐןɐƃ ıɥsıqnsʇıɯ ʍǝu ǝɥʇ s,ʇı
    ¡spuoɯıɐp ,uıddıןɟ ʎןoɥ
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    Scandinavian Flick promoted this comment Edited by Canuck Chinaman at 08/10/09 3:14 PM Canuck Chinaman was starred Canuck Chinaman was unstarred
    Image of ciscokidinsf ciscokidinsf
    08/10/09

    @Canuck Chinaman: COTD! And heart clicky for good effort!
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    Image of Canuck Chinaman Canuck Chinaman
    08/10/09

    @ciscokidinsf: It's a slow day..
    and this helps too ;)
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    I think they were just rotated 60°.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    You mean this isn't the new Diamante?
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    I thought it was cheeky. Who would think a Mitsubishi would be a nice car? lolzzzzzzz

    Sometimes I get sick of my own jokes.
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    Well that's a damn good way to make sure nobody pays attention.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    It is pretty funny how whomever camoed this mule put it out there that Mitsubishi ripped off their huge gaping grille and merely inverted it to serve their purposes. However, everything from the Fiesta to the new BMW concept has these scoopy caves for grilles now too...I don't decry them, I just hope all this trapezoid lust doesn't go too far too fast.
    In the next decade, maybe we can look forward to some nice rhomboidal action.
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    mr_dude promoted this comment bmoreDLJ was starred bmoreDLJ was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/10/09

    @bmoreDLJ: Oh yeah, hot rhomboids. I hear the new Outback will have an upside down triangle grille.
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    Image of MadcowsDiseased MadcowsDiseased
    08/10/09

    @bmoreDLJ: I would just like to point out that the Evo grille looks much more aggressive than any audi. I would hardly believe that mitsubishi was ripping off audi, no matter how much people would love to believe it.
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    Image of antiDesign antiDesign
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    How come these people taking spy shots can never get the whole car?
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    acarr260 promoted this comment antiDesign was starred antiDesign was unstarred
    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    08/10/09

    @antiDesign: Follow the link for full-size pictures (yes, plural).
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    08/10/09

    @antiDesign: It's like boxing. You step into the picture so there's less car in the frame. Or so I've heard.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/10/09

    @philibuster: Step off. As in 'Step off the curb, in front of the bus, to rightsize it for you'. Write and let us know know how that turns out.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    08/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Audi A8 Spied Disguised As World's Biggest Mitsubishi
    Maybe this is part of Audi's new "depreciation benchmarking" system.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    08/10/09

    @Ash78: Our cars are pre-depreciated for your convenience?
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    08/10/09

    @SCROGGS!!!: It'd be some fancy VDO/Bosch name, like "Liabilitronic"
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    08/10/09

    @SCROGGS!!!: I would figure it's a plan to eliminate warranty expenses: only sell cars after the warranty has already expired. Brilliant!
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    Image of KTown_WhiteBoy KTown_WhiteBoy
    08/10/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Something even more efficient than Nissan's "Void Warranty" button? Leave it to ze Germans...
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    08/10/09

    @KTown_WhiteBoy: If there's one thing they do well, it's efficiency of processes. Why go to the trouble of even letting the customer attempt to make a warranty claim in the first place? That's a horrific waste of resources!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/10/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Let the customers do what they want. It's their wasted labour, not yours.
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    Image of .357 .357
    07/21/09

    In reply to Next Generation Audi A8 Teases Us With LED Lights
    They say black is slimming. In this case for the man and the car.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    07/21/09

    In reply to Next Generation Audi A8 Teases Us With LED Lights
    It does look better with the sheet on.
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