Zaccheroni Announces Audi's Best XI
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January 14, 2015

Zaccheroni Announces Audi's Best XI


Audi SAMURAI BLUE 11 Limited Edition
Audi Samurai Blue Eleven Limited Edition


Zaccheroni Announces Audi Best Eleven



Audi Japan, a supporting company of the Japan national football team, has announced its Audi Best Eleven, personally selected by Audi ambassador and Japan national team coach Zaccheroni, ahead of the upcoming World Cup. These eleven vehicles will also be offered as special edition models.



Text by HORIGUCHI Yoshihiro (OPENERS)




The Selected Eleven Offered as Special Editions


Audi Japan has been a supporting company of the Japan national football team since 2011.Supporting Company ContractIn addition to providing vehicles to the national team, they presented an "A1" to the Nadeshiko Japan team that won the World Cup, and released the "A1 SAMURAI BLUE" in line with the national team's name, continuing their engagement with football.


This year, the World Cup year, coach Zaccheroni selected eleven representative vehicles from the sporty "S models" to form a lineup. Each of the selected cars sports the Estoril Blue body color, evoking the Japan national football team, and features night blue seats with red stitching. These eleven vehicles will be sold as special editions, with only one unit of each model available, making for a total of just eleven rare units.






The eleven vehicles chosen by Mr. Zaccheroni and their positions are as follows. Naturally, the formation is the same "4-2-3-1" as the Japan national football team.



GoalkeeperSQ5
Side BackS5 Coupé, S5 Cabriolet
Center BackS6 Sedan, S6 Avant
Defensive MidfielderS4 Sedan, S4 Avant
Second LineS7 SportbackS5 SportbackS3 Sportback
ForwardTTS

Regarding the selection results, Mr. Zaccheroni commented, "It was actually difficult to choose eleven members for this formation. With so many beautiful cars, I carefully considered and selected these eleven. I am very pleased that such a beautiful team has been assembled."


The eleven vehicles selected for this representative lineup are scheduled to be exhibited at Audi Forum Tokyo, including at Tokyo Midtown, and at dealerships nationwide. Furthermore, starting in late May, an interview video with coach Zaccheroni about this formation will be released on Audi Japan's official YouTube channel.



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