The Audi A6 you and I do know is barely totally different than the model bought in China the place it is domestically produced and bought completely with a protracted wheelbase. Debuting at Auto Shanghai 2021 is one other taste of the A6, one we had been frankly not anticipating. No, we’re not speaking in regards to the truth it is electrical. We’re referring to its physique model because the idea is just not a sedan. As a substitute, it takes the form of a sleeker Sportback in the identical vein because the A5 and A7.
Attention-grabbing naming apart, the A6 E-Tron is a beautiful low-slung liftback with large 22-inch wheels and a clear facet profile helped by the mirror-replacing cameras and the absence of door handles. At 4.96 meters (195.2 inches) lengthy, 1.96 meters (77.1 in) broad, and 1.44 meters (56.7 in) tall, the A6 E-Tron has about the identical footprint because the A7 Sportback.
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Impressively slim matrix LED headlights are of the digital selection, that means they have been engineered to double as a projector. We have seen this tech earlier than, however Audi went the additional mile and developed a smartphone online game exhibiting the motion onto a wall in entrance of the automotive relatively than on the middle show inside.
Transferring on the again, the A6 E-Tron idea adopts a large lightbar that includes digital OLED parts just like the Q5 facelift. Audi claims the expertise provides “nearly limitless customizable variations” of the sunshine signature, together with these with a flowery 3D spatial impact beforehand unseen on a car from Ingolstadt.
As anticipated, the idea relies on the Premium Platform Electrical developed by Audi and Porsche. The Q6 E-Tron and next-gen Macan would be the first to make the most of the PPE underpinnings from 2022. In the meantime, the A6 E-Tron has been conceived with twin electrical motors for a mixed output of 470 horsepower (350 kilowatts) and an on the spot torque of 590 pound-feet (800 Newton-meters). That is sufficient electrical punch for a 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) run in lower than 4 seconds.
The Shanghai-bound idea has fairly a formidable specs sheet, which incorporates every thing from Quattro all-wheel drive to an air suspension. The big 100-kWh battery pack is mounted between the axles for optimum weight distribution, and it helps fast-charging at as much as 270 kW. That interprets to greater than 186 miles (300 kilometers) of vary in solely 10 minutes of cost, whereas getting from 5 to 80 % is completed in lower than 25 minutes.
With the battery full, the A6 E-Tron can cowl greater than 435 miles (700 kilometers) per WLTP. That spectacular determine is feasible is not only by becoming a comparatively giant battery, but additionally because of the automotive’s aerodynamic physique with a drag coefficient of 0.22. It is no Mercedes EQS (0.20), however a exceptional determine, no much less.
Sadly, Audi is just not prepared simply but to indicate the idea’s inside however says the A6 E-Tron is a style of issues to return relating to PPE-based electrical fashions due from subsequent yr.