Elsewhere within the vary, there shall be a selection of extra performance-oriented dual-motor set-ups and efficiency-minded, rear-driven variants providing 0-62mph instances starting from “properly underneath” 4sec to 7sec.
A promised electrical Audi RS6 Avant successor may pack greater than 600bhp, as previewed by the technically related Porsche Macan EV.
On this utility, the PPE platform accommodates a circa-100kWh floor-mounted battery that provides a claimed 435 miles of vary and may cost at a price of 270kW to achieve 186 miles of vary from a 10-minute top-up.
As a result of the battery is sited flat and organized throughout the chassis, the sooner idea model of the A6 Avant E-tron is claimed to supply broadly comparable inside dimensions and cargo capability to the present A6 – a trait that may probably carry over to the manufacturing automotive.
Nevertheless, product advertising boss Niko Martens mentioned EV platforms will in the end “give extra leeway and suppleness, not simply within the trunk [boot] but additionally up the entrance for a possible frunk”.
Importantly, the electrical idea reveals how the longer wheelbase afforded by an EV platform permits for extra leg room within the entrance and rear.
The A6 Avant E-tron measures 4960mm lengthy, 1960mm huge and 1440mm tall, which makes it roughly the identical dimension as its ICE forebear.
