Merry Christmas

Yeah, I'm a bit late.  Merry Christmas from AutoFug.

Audi Shooting Brake, Lector Edition

Speaking of Hannibal Lector, Audi will be introducing the next TT at the Tokyo Auto Show. It appears that - in honour of the show's closeness to Halloween - they've morphed the Audi grille into a take on Hannibal Lector's infamous mask.


Speaking of the new TT (the concept is officially called the Shooting Brake - which is weird as that's basically a British term for sporting station wagon), although it's more sleek it also looks more stale and boring - like an A3. Doesn't have the impact of the original. That and the rear looks like an old meld of original TT and Volvo SCC Concept.

1980 Volvo 262C Bertone

Every Volvo in the 1970 through the 1980s pretty well looked them same. They were boxey, but they weren't terribly offensive. They were just - well - Volvos.

This basic bodystyle was introduced in 1974 in sedan, wagon and coupe form. But in 1977 Volvo decided it needed a car that was more luxurious and sporty for the top of it's line.

Basically the took a coupe, chopped the roof some, and gave it a Lincoln look and vinyl treatment. With the naturall tall boxy Volvo body below the waistline, the chopped roof looks squashed. It also seems they managed to cram a leather sofa in. Due to it's limited production it was produced by Bertone in Turin. Also due to it's limited production and being loaded to the gills, the 262C cost in 1980 twice the price of a 264 coupe. It was more expensive than a Jaguar XJS.

I wonder if it had Corinthian leather.