What’s a successful halo car? In our opinion, a halo car has fulfilled its purpose if models below it start to ape big brother. The Lancer Evo is a classic example, and Audi seems to have executed a similar masterstroke with its R8 supercar. The mid-engined beauty that Tony Stark drives is so cool that it’s inspiring “R8 style” kits for cars like the Audi A5 and TT.
German tuner Hofele Design takes a shot at this direction with kits for the A5 Coupe, Convertible and Sportback. It comes with an R8-look front bumper with the air vents below the headlamps. Coupe and Convertible owners can even match it with the R8′s signature side blades and a rear bumper with faux air-outlets and integrated diffuser. Four exhaust tips complete the “transformation”.
Style is subjective – some might like it, but we think that these add-ons contaminate the sleek, classy design of the A5. Not to mention proclaiming to the whole world that “I can’t afford an R8″. I have seen an Audi TT with similar looks in the Klang Valley and was nearly fooled, from a distance I must add.
More pictures after the jump!
Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.
fugly…
FUGLY BOTTOM
Front… sweet….
Back… Over doing it.. No No
agree..ugly rear.
its like china made car =D
Wasted… Fugly
Audi, yeah
Rubbish
spoil a perfectly good looking car….
Ah Beng car, German/Deutschland version.
what a waste. the original A5 is already a beauty to behold. the only bodykit that should fit on the a5 is either the s-line bodykit, or those by caractere. nothing else.
looks ugly. everything is pfect except with the black.
too much makeup lorrrr..
ruin the originality….huhu
the R8 look may work on the TT becos of similar silhoutte/shape between the the two… but on the A5??? It's eff-ing UGLY… it will never work on a sedan-shape coupe like the A5…
was ist das?
gotta agree with eadgez, i think all-white should be better…
no way……rear side problem
too much bling-bling
pathetic.. i always been audi's fan.. but the color combination's really sick esp at the side…. don't ruin audi.. plss
very beuty car!!i love it
i wonder which fool will buy this car…its so damn ugly….
spoils the whole point of A5 being a subtly sexy car.
it was a car that stands out without even trying hard.
this "sporty" body kit just doesnt match A5's characteristics.
gotta vote against it.
ugly like shit…prefer the stock a5 or s5
It's beautiful… in the way a mushroom stuck up your ars* looks beautiful.
this bodykit makes you look poor , an A5 is a svelt , elegant coupe , this kind of bodykit shud go on the RS4/RS6
front looks ok..
later will sell it at Why Pay More Store…. i rather without this so call styling kit
What the shit……..whatever it is! LOL!
You shouldn't do it Hofele!
i think…no….
lol, i have been seeing that fake TT around jln imbi alot whenever i head up to kl. it's so….. bleah
too less done. should add F1 A380 spoiler, Twin Giant Airscope, Super Tuber Alum. Intercooler Double Super "Chass", big & small stickers "too fast, ultra fast", " turned by Ah beng & ah lian" couple, Nismo, TRD, Mugen all Zhap Ba Lang….eh?? how come look like our proton wira EVO VVXXll ?
sorry folks… my car just kena bang by someone, under repaint
, so bumper color is different..
Stupid make over.. I guess the workshop is consider 'ah beng' category in their region…
Audi A5 should has his own styling…
What a disgrace to an otherwise great looking automobile… sigh!
I hope this is just a 3D rendering…
Please Hofele do NOT make this crap into productions…please..
You are lowering the A5 status symbol.
rear is ugly…..front is ok…..i think better leave a5 alone rather than turn it to hideous car…..
Hahaha, I just had a look at their webpage. There you can find even more ugly 'designs'…
I'm just wondering in which part of the world they sell their 'design creations' ?
beyond fugly.
god help the tuners who came up with that bkit.
My Eyes!
Blinded by the back
Pathetic. Terrible.
i have seen that audi TT too, around bkt bintang area. what a poser! it's proportions looked really weird from a distance even though the styling seemed to point towards an R8. the proportions was a give-away.
the back just doesnt makes sense .. kind of reminds me of wannabe Evo on Waja rear …
the front bumper seems nice (if the black part above the side vents are white)… the sides and rear are terrible tho…..
front look…ok, can consider flawless. backside..overdone, summore with the 2 tone paintjob. wud prefer Caracter's bodykit over this Hofele thingy..
this is like a sick joke
Pelik.
It may look ugly in pictures, but in real life up close, I might think differently.
fugly.
the stock S5 is already a beautiful ride.
like a puzzle that out of fixes, simply taruh…. hehe…
will give some respect to those future buyers with a kind of taste
Ugly like hell.
Yeah I 've seen the R8 wannabe near Imbi area as well…I 'm a firm believer that you should stay true to yourself, pity buggers who paste RS4, M3 etc badges on their car when it's nothing more than a standard model…
One of the figliest audi seen… I prefer the standard one..
Audi???Oh yeah…
Audi @ performance luxury —->transform—–> Ah Tee @ Ah beng class
Desparate looking. make-believe vents? Hofelle could do better.
A perfect way to tell the whole world….look guys, i am desperate for the R8 but i can't aford one
LOL
look like another ah beng copycat car
ugly
i saw the TT which i tot it ws a r8 hahaha..i saw it at pavi yesterday…dang the kit looks good..
nice styling bodykit,cheers
TERBAIK!!!!