Initial details for Audi A7 four-door coupe revealed!

Audi A7

Some details have been unveiled on the upcoming Audi A7 four-seater four-door coupe. The A7 range will consist of both a hard-top roofed A7 and a soft-top Audi A7. The soft-top version will be a challenge as Audi wants to keep the four doors, so it may be the first carmaker in the world to offer a production four-door convertible since the old Lincoln Continental in the late 1960s or a Mercedes-Benz in the 1950s, that is if Mercedes-Benz doesn’t get there first with a production version of its four-door Ocean Drive Concept.

An economical hybrid version powered by a V6 or turbodiesel engine paired with an electric motor with Sanyo lithium-ion batteries will be offered, as well as a sporty S7 said to be powered by a 4.0 litre turbocharged V8 and an even more scorching RS7, likely to be powered by Audi’s 5.2 litre twin turbocharged V10 from the RS6.

The more sedate A7 will be offered with a 2.8 litre FSI V6 and a 3.0 litre supercharged V6. Gearbox options across the entire product range will consist of a 6-speed manual, a 7-speed S-Tronic twin clutch as well as a new 8-speed automatic. The car’s quattro system will gain torque vectoring for better torque management between all four wheels.

The A7 will slot in between the A6 and the A8 and will face off competition such as the Mercedes-Benz CLS and a new CS Concept-based BMW 8-Series.

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Comments

  • azrai (Member) on Jun 16, 2008 at 7:28 am

    I just wondering how the strenghtening the chasis without the B-pillar.

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  • ryan_foong80 (Member) on Jun 16, 2008 at 9:56 am

    well lovely.. love AUDI…

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  • aiman (Member) on Jun 16, 2008 at 10:11 am

    Very nice car. i loved it

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  • I my (Member) on Jun 16, 2008 at 11:09 am

    wow!! nice!!

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  • mitlanevo (Member) on Jun 16, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    is it better if its not a convertible?

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  • 4G63T DSM (Member) on Jun 16, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    hmm…jello.

    Thats what you usually get when you lop off the roof on such a long wheelbase car.

    Windering how Audi managed to do it. I assume the interior would spot a very robust transmission tunnel…making it basically a 4 seater….

    I could never understand the need for a 4 seater convertible in the first place, let alone a 4 door convertible.

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  • mokkf82 (Member) on Jun 16, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    A convertible that long! Do the driver need to bring that car for chasis straitening check yearly to make sure the car still at it’s correct straitness? What will be the car’s weight? I’ll bet it’s heavier than a truck.

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  • B1u3Be@m (Member) on Jun 16, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    I don’t know man…it looks like a snake…

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Jun 16, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    How long will that car be, and are the rear doors just for show. No real space for passengers…

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  • csv (Member) on Jun 17, 2008 at 12:27 am

    how strong will the chassis be without the b and c pillar.

    and i dont think convertibles are hot over here in our humid weather.

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