Audi Shooting Brake Concept
Audi presents the Shooting Brake Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show 2005. The Shooting Brake Concept inplements design elements of both a coupe and a hatchback into one.
The car is powered by a 3.2 liter V6 making 250ps at 6200rpm and 320Nm of torque at 2500rpm. Similiar to the Volkswagen Golf R32, likely the same engine. The Audi Shooting Brake Concept goes from 0-100km/h in 6 seconds. It also stops fast, as it uses ceramic disc brakes which do not exhibit brake fade.
The Audi Shooting Brake Concept uses a special type of suspension called the Audi Magnetic Ride adaptive damping system. In this system, instead of conventional damper fluid, a magnetorhetorical fluid is used. This fluid’s viscocity can be influenced by an electromagentic field, allowing suspension settings to be changed on the fly. A computer can automatically detect driving conditions and adjust settings or the driver can manually set either sporty or comfort modes.
October 17, 2005 @ 5:37 am
Wow! Paul, that is one hell of a beautiful car. It’s a sure head turner on every corner. Except, the Darth Vader grill…..that doesn’t do it for me. I like the Le Mans Quattro concept grill better.The design cues looks something like the Clio Sport to me. More of a hatch than a coupe.
Anyway, the interior is quite simplistic. Audi should do better than that. Will it make it into production, Paul? I would sure wants to know more of this car.
October 17, 2005 @ 5:40 am
woo hooo..just wanna be second to comment, by the way nice looking car and great design……..especially the rear end..all car should look like this (the rear end)……Wooo Hooo
October 17, 2005 @ 5:45 am
The grill reminds me of those ol skool formula 1 cars! Think 1950’s and 60’s f1 cars. The back profile kinda makes it resemble the BMW 1 Series a liiiiiiiiitle bit la, but this car looks better than the 1 Series. Heck, ANYTHING looks better than the 1 Series!
The interior is quite nice, but IMHO, the “bar” on the door looks absurd! Apa la Audi! Ini kereta da, bukan lori! At least ergonomics were wll thought of in designing the dash. Well placed air con vents even. I think thw VIOS is the only one to suffer air con vents placed by either a person with no hands, or an absolute idiot!
Also, does that huge screen serve as a CD player cum Reverse camera cum GPS unit or something?
Nice suspension design! Hope it won’t just remain as a concept, but come into production! That would be so nice! Imagine having completely adjustable suspension at the touch of a button! So cool… Much better than manually adjusting those Eibach or Koni shocks! ehehehe! Hope it will have a customizable setting though i.e. you can tweak the suspension to your own preference, like NFS:Underground. Not so fun if its just comfort and sporty!
October 17, 2005 @ 5:55 am
yeah..i just read it in the mag….just to add some info…the audi ppl didnt know yet that it would be in production…and the germans thought that it would be a wagon version for TT…and may come out next summer 2006.ride with 19′ rims…
October 17, 2005 @ 5:58 am
hmm..if u guys realised…all the new cars..2006 and above…they have so called ‘diffusor` at rear end…thats the trend now..i guess..
October 17, 2005 @ 8:02 am
wow……. superb…….
October 17, 2005 @ 9:19 am
superb breaking features & brilant design. to change fluid characteristic depend on condition.
October 17, 2005 @ 9:28 am
deutsche volks: I dont think its just a trend. It sure it does something to the handling. I watch a demo by Nissan, Skyline R34 with and without the rear diffuser….HUGE differences. The diffuser helps the car to stick to the ground. Besides, this Audi got some amount of power, the diffuser should be well justified.
Any new techie are very much welcome. But I hope the techie suspension will be tough and reliable. Adjustable or not, remember, it’s the eletronic that is crucial. I remember an M5 got broke down after a few laps on the track, with a blown up differential and so many faulty indicator flashing. Hehehe… so much for an F1 techies in a road saloon car.
October 17, 2005 @ 10:22 am
wow…so prety right! That side mirror is like honda city, honda jazz, etc.
October 17, 2005 @ 10:24 am
Front looks a bit like an RX 8 (especially the head lamp bits)
October 17, 2005 @ 10:51 am
Audi Always Comes Up With Magnificient Design & Always Satisfy Customer Needs. Just Nice
October 17, 2005 @ 10:54 am
a hell of SEXY car-baby !!
paul, thks for the info!
keep posting UP!
October 17, 2005 @ 12:05 pm
oh my babeh…come to me darling…..
October 17, 2005 @ 1:18 pm
Adjustable suspensions have been been around for quite some time, my dad’s W220 S-Class with AirMatic DC(air-suspension) has it, but instead of having magnetorhetorical fluid, air is used. The ride height can be lowered or raised by pressing a button.
The car can be raised by a good 5cm(supposedly for going through rough roads), or lowered by 2cm. There are two modes, Sport1 and Sport2. Sport1 is for lowered ride height, Sport2 is lowered ride height+harder suspension setting. Above a certain speed, the car lowers its ride height automatically to improve stability, and reduce drag to improve fuel comsumption.
The electronics also alters the suspension setting accordingly, depending on your driving style and roed conditions.
Most high-end luxury cars has them.
Diffusers are vital to channel the airflow beneath the vehicle such that drag is minimised and surface grip enhanced.
The ceramic disc brakes, which as mentioned, provides maximum speed retardation with close to no fade at all. It also improves the ride comfort because it is very light, thus reducing the unsprung weight at each corner, enabling substantially more horizontal suspention movements. Oh, performance is also improved of course. Less weight means more pace. This too,is already in production, most notably for Porsche. It is an option for the 911 (997), standard on Carrera GT. The Ferrari enzo has them too. But unfortunately the cost for these things are massive(around 3-4k Pounds for the 911). So for it to be available for bread and butter cars seems very faar off.
October 17, 2005 @ 2:24 pm
its front grille sure does look menacing.
October 18, 2005 @ 1:02 am
what’s diffuser thing??
October 18, 2005 @ 3:58 am
hehe….imagine the amount of insects the engine front intake is gonna take in. could problably eat a few careless birds. hehe
outside looks good….interior even better. classic sportscar.
the adaptive damping system sure are a good feature to have. the pccb brakes for the porsche seem like overkill for road use. but if you can buy that car…might as well get the whole package porsche intended for you to have.
i like the look of diffusers that end with the fins sticking out like on the f430 and the new wrx sti. looks more muscular and doesnt ruin the look for the backend that much with the black colour.
October 18, 2005 @ 6:35 pm
wait until i hit a ‘ 6 hap choi’, then i go to order this damm darling…
amazing…
the diffusers things… emm… damm curious how it works if there is a demo video clips for that…
cheerss…
October 18, 2005 @ 8:24 pm
I always thought a Shooting Brake was a 2 door station wagon, not a hatch. For what I think is the best interpretation of a Shooting Brake, like this one… http://www.astonmartins.com/db4_5_6_s/db5_radford.htm. That Audi doesn’t look like it’s long enough to qualify. Hot hatch maybe. Shooting Brake? I don’t think so.
October 18, 2005 @ 9:02 pm
desmo: it’s a 2 seater station wagon… if you think of it that way the length is just about right, heh.
February 12, 2006 @ 4:40 am
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