After seeing the interior on the Audi Sportback Concept, we’re feeling kind of bad for making fun of it yesterday. The CLS/X6 rival is starting to look seriously nice.

Utterly irrelevant segment aside, check out the new, warmer interior look from Audi. Gone is harsh Teutonic functionality, replaced with a more inviting feel from curved metals, medium-tone woods and white leather. The press conference for this thing is coming up in less than an hour, so stay tuned for more details and live shots.

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