On a special night at the museum "Pinakothek der Moderne" in Munich, Ingolstadt from last night showed us his newest creation.
Indeed, the formula is well known. Sleek, elongated model with five doors and four seats, to compete with Mercedes-Benz CLS and BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo. As expressed by the people marketing Audi, "the new model has united the best of three segments - sports coupe elegance, comfort and practicality of a sedan to wagon.
Indeed A7 Sportback technically shows how it will look new generation of A6. The external design of the car has remained almost unchanged compared with the concept shown last year. Headlamps and rear lights are larger than those of design, exterior mirrors with different shapes, the interior has become more conventional.
The car has been rear spoiler with variable shape similar to that we know of the Porsche Panamera. Coupe with five doors located in modeling between the line of Audi A6 and A8, length 4970 mm and width 1910 mm height is only 1420 mm.
Offers a surprisingly elegant coupe boot volume - 535 liters, which can be extended to 1390 liters of folding rear seats separate the two.
As we already said, A7 Sportback uses the architecture of the new generation A6, which will appear in sedan and wagon (Avant) in 2011. Audi will initially launch a A7 Sportback with two gasoline and two turbodiesel engines.
All these will be the system of direct fuel injection system for the regeneration of energy used by the brakes and stop & start technology.
The petrol engines are 2.8 FSI and the 3.0 TFSI. Both are combined with dual-clutch gearbox S-Tronic and 4x4 system (quattro). The weaker atmospheric engine offers power of 204 hp and a maximum torque of 280 Nm. A7 It accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h in 8.3 seconds and a maximum speed of 235 km / hr. The average cost of petrol, it is 8.0 liters per 100 km. and harmful CO2 emissions 187 g / km.
In Europe, the new A7 Sportback will be available in autumn, with prices in Germany start from 51,600 euros.
