Obsidian3K

Not to distract from the satellite view provider speculation, but the "Contrast lower body portions in Manhattan Gray" option sounds interesting.

Does anyone know if this is something that's already offered in other markets, or on other models? It would be interesting to see what this option looks like.

Also, Nevarra Blue inherits its seat color choices from Moonlight rather than Scuba, so Nougat Brown is now an option. That's nice.

Allroading17

Actually In the UK, they offer this. Basically it just takes the existing non full body trim, and makes it manhattan grey. Also blacks out the roof rails, and window trim. I'll post a pic

Allroading17

See areas with painted surfaces

SFV A4

Disappointed with the front. The housing for the bottom, side sensors are tacky and still look like loud speakers or dated 1990's foglamps. Ugly devices and shapes that are neither sporty nor luxurious. Current set-up is cleaner. And raising the central lower lip to a higher level gives the car a 4x4 look. Too much clearance takes away from the hunkered down, sporty look.

The rear however, is a nice improvement. Not much was going on with the previous lower valance, so it was easy embellishing it. But good luck keeping each recess within the mesh clean.

New tailpipe shapes are 100 times more sophisticated than the dated plumber pipes of the current model. They may be somewhat real if the chrome pieces are hallow, depending on how far back the real pipes end, and what angle those point at. Many other brands have solved the dirty tip problem by providing a semi-real set-up. The way this works is to have the actual exhaust tip severed right before it reaches the chrome frame. That way the carbon "juice" drips down in front of the assembly, rather than through or on it. From all appearances, it looks like a real tip until you stick your head in there and see the separation. Maybe this is what Audi actually did here. Hard to tell from the doctored press photos. They could have photoshopped any tips pointing down out of the picture or photoshopped every bit of anything below a certain line. Looks like most of the suspension is also missing.

Disappointed they kept the sad, clear reverse lights on an angle. Still the one line that doesn't line up with anything else in back.

Autoblog said there was a new blue (shown on their showcased car, not shown here.) Have we heard of a name? Looks like the previous Sepang.

Audi press trickery: Paint any mid-sized sedan a racy medium blue and it will always make the car look amazing (they did the same with the original B9 press car). But Audi keeps cheapening out for the U.S. and yanking all sporty blues unless you pop for the expensive S model. We need that color option for standard A4's, maybe with a basic sport package. Will probably never happen though.

So all those rumors last month about "Audi fearing lost sales of a not so successful B9" were bogus. A good example of not jumping to conclusions or believing certain lesser blog sites. This facelift is about as mild as they come. I think they should have pushed just a little further. There will not be any all-new model for at least two years in the U.S. Anything sooner has never happened before and would be improper spending on Audi's behalf.

breadbooze

the allroad/avant does not have this issue.

Obsidian3K

OP's allroad.pdf includes the S4 color palette, which lists "Turbo Blue", although the image is only a sample. On that note, the Navarra Blue on the other PDF is accompanied by a photo that's actually Scuba Blue. The real Navarra Blue is visible alongside the new Turbo Blue.

Allroading17

Turbo blue is not an option at least for the Canadian allroad market. I highly doubt it will be coming to the US.

Navarra is available in Canada, probably coming to the US

Jimminez

When are MY19 expected to start arriving?

Obsidian3K

According to my local dealer, construction will start in August, with deliveries in the October-November time frame.