Comments by "HesteBremse" (@HesteBremse) on "Mercedes GLC v Audi Q5 vs Jaguar F-Pace review | Head2Head" video.

It´s certainly not a very inspiring exterior - it´s rather Conservative. The F-Pace wins for dynamic looks in this class, and the MB is also better shaped than the Audi. There was a time when Audi launched cars like the TT, the Q7 and those where cars with a lot of distinct character for exterior design and also not to forget the the A5 and A7 Coupe with much elegance - ooh and the R8. But somehow the exteriors of Audi has become a rather rigid affair, very controlled and in my eyes looks like too many perfect lines on the drawing board and too little passion in the actual conversion into real 3D shapes. I´m not a MB fan but I must say that they have done far more to evolve their DNA progressively than Audi - MB have had many more style studies including more crazy stuff, thus have allowed various of their studios to go quite different directions - this has paid off a long way for exterior expression. And one must also acknowledge Volvo for their re entry after near collapse. In fact the sad thing is that the Audi Design team does come up with very dynamic concepts, but they all seam to get weathered so much down in the process that nothing much is left when the car finally leaves the production line - and it´s weird since the Audi Interiors are so spot on and up to date, but the exteriors becomes more and more rigid - they even are getting close to being a bit goofy - The front on this Q5 is close to that - that extremely huge metal frame looks light it almost could let the car tip over - not particular elegant.
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Its owned by VW, but it is build in France. And yes surely they have the VW engineering department and specialist at their disposal - But Just remember that when the good and now old Veyron was launched, it changed the game - which was the game about not only power and top speed beyond thee 400Km/h mark, but also accessibility to the power. They Veyron was/is extremely stable considering it´s performance figures. And next is the Chiron which has become a much better looking car and a far more driver orientated experience. Theres is many battling at the top table now, and I´m really not a VW fan since, I actually like BMW - But the Veyron and now the Chiron are very special cars indeed - not something that in common terms can be called just another VW.
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I do understand your point of view but it is simply not right, here are just a few examples of beautiful German cars: Mercedes Gullwing´s, 1965 Mercedes Benz 230 SL, Mercedes S class Coupe, AUDI Union, BMW M3 CSL, BMW M1, 1974 BMW 3.0CS, Porsche Carrera GT - Track back in history and there are many fine examples of German cars that came out rather well. Let´s also not forget the VW Bubble, "Käfer" perhaps not beautiful, but certainly not a dull car seen in the light that it dared everybody else at the time.
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