AUDI will no longer fit its petrol cars with chintzy fake exhausts, the manufacturer has confirmed. The move comes after extensive customer feedback, with prospective owners turning their noses up at the current trend for tail-pipe trims.
Speaking to Auto Express, an Audi spokesperson said: “All PPC (Premium Platform Combustion) cars will have ‘hot’ [functional] tailpipes.”
While there’s no confirmation the new Audi “hot tailpipe” design policy will manifest itself on the maker’s smaller, MQB-based models, all of the larger PPCplatform Audis will get functional exhaust tips going forward. That starts with the A5 (below), and will include the new Q5, A7 and Q7, as well as any successor to the A8, which is likely to be badged A9.
In a similar vein, the decision to remove the fake pipes from…
