Audi always puts on a good show for Paris. I still remember how excited I was witnessing the R8 for the first time at Paris 2006. The four rings took their usual spot at the Porte de Versailles this year and their stand was one of the more busy ones, thanks to two nice concepts. The first is an electric sports car called e-tron Spyder and the second is inspired by a legend – the quattro concept.
The e-tron Spyder is a compact open top sports car with plug-in hybrid drive. The powertrain combines a 300 hp/650 Nm 3.0-litre TDI engine with two asynchronous electric motors driving the front axle. These motors have a total output of 64 kW (88 hp) and peak torque of 352 Nm. This torque overdose has just 1,450 kg to pull (aluminium intensive Audi Space Frame body), which translates to great performance – 0-100 km/h is done in 4.4 seconds while actual top speed is higher than the governed 250 km/h. Consumption? Audi quotes just 2.2 litres per 100 km on average!
Many will be hoping they build the e-tron, but more still will be dreaming of this, the quattro concept. 30 years ago at the Geneva show, Audi unveiled what became a legend – THE Ur-quattro – and this car is supposed to be a futuristic interpretation of that. Painted in Col de Turini White, the quattro concept is powered by a 408 hp version of the TT RS’ 2.5L five-cylinder TFSI engine. Of course, drive goes to all wheels via the latest version of quattro with self-locking crown-gear centre diff and torque vectoring. 0-100 km/h is below four seconds.
Click here and here for the official pics. A comprehensive gallery of live images from Paris is after the jump.
Audi quattro concept
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Audi e-tron Spyder
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E-tron was quite nice, the Quattro’s rear looks outdated…
quattro is meant to look retro…theyre trying to keep the 1984 quattro genes
demmm.proton should also do the revival things.these are the trends nowadays.e.g. mercedes sl 300 & stirling moss
what can proton revive? their earliest car was the saga and they didn’t have any sports cars. the putra is just too new to be called doing a revival. maybe they should have a new putra. now that was one great little car.
a 2 door coupe gen-2 will be just fine… with a 1.8 or 2.0 with about 150bhp – 160bhp in stock. should be plenty of shove already while also leaving some room for the younger crowd to modify with their superchargers or turbochargers.
anyway, sorry for digressing… back to audi! :D
they made that on purpose…brings you back to the 80’s with future look…..
that is so damn old school! remember our 1980’s proton saga?
huh 3.0-litre TDI engine with 300 hp,,!!
honestly….this car is ugly
To be honest, new of Lotus range (Eterne,Elise and Elan) smoked these two Audi’s in term of look..go lotus!
ya i just felt that while these 2 Audi’s looks are somewhat good, they have nothing to shout or get excited about. And frankly, I am kinda worried and concerned. Now even the concept car from Audi can be a little too underwhelming for me. It’s all too safe for me, in terms of look. Come on, go wilder with the concept cars, Audi! Wish Audi could re-live the moment when it first unveiled original Audi TT and Audi R8, that took the world by storm.
but i gotta say the technology and mechanical aspects of the concept cars are really cool.
so what’s going on with all the manufacturers? the majority of them are show casing 2 door cars this year. huh?!
2 doors rockss
yaya~ where is all other cars?? toyota leh?? nissan leh?? subaru leh??benz leh??
aiyo.. paultan pls update. =D
iron man’s car =.=|||
the back look of quattro concept reminds me my 323f
from the front look gorgeous, from the side not so sure… look like the butt has been cut…
No doubt this looks futuristic but to compare, i still prefer the old Quattro over this one.. I remember it was showcased in KL motor show in 1990 with a price tag of RM444+K and I still have the photo that my brother took.
What, the old Quattro is 444K brand new back then? Unbelievable. Now you can get a used Quattro for “only” 44K (before tax) from what I’ve researched.
nice looking quattro. at least it has a nice long sloping rear compared to the scirocco hatchback which vw mistakenly calls a coupe!
the front of the retro-look quattro doesn’t resemble the original at all..Audi should learn from Ford on retro-modern design
maybe the best modern retro designs are the fiat 500, the mini and the vw beetle? the quattro is just a modern intepretation of the old quattro and i think the only link to the old car are the rear window design and the sloping rear coupe-like hatch.
i personally like the old mk1 and 2 ford escorts and there was a retro modern design study of the mk1 a while back. i was really hoping that they would build it. sadly, no news about it.