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Audi A7 SportsAssCrossHatchTour Gets Naked, Opens Huge Rear End

Wes Siler — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:00 EST

All good things must end; in this case Audi's nearly perfect range of sedans and wagons. Now, they're following arch-rival BMW's bizarre pursuit of fat hatchbacks with the 2011 Audi A7. Why, God, why? [AutoExpress]

Audi Sportback Concept Reveals A Large X6-Like Butt

Wes Siler — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:00:00 EST

The Audi Sportback Concept appears to be pushing market segmentation to the limit. Always wanted an Audi luxury crossover that wasn’t tall like a Q7 but bigger than an A6? Read on.

To us, the Sportback, due for an official unveiling at tomorrow's Detroit Auto Show, most closely resembles the BMW X6, just a fair bit shorter. Details are still slim, but expect this to preview a production Audi A7 for some point in the future. That vehicle will rival the BMW X6, Mercedes CLS, R-Class and a swift kick in the pants when it eventually goes on sale. [Fourtitude via Autoblog]

Audi A7 Concept To See Detroit Auto Show Reveal

Ray Wert — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:15:00 EST

The Freep reported this week we'll see the sheet drop on the Audi A7 concept at next month's Detroit Auto Show. Glad to see a non-US automaker plans to reveal something.

The long-rumored Audi A7 is expected to be a coupe-shaped four-door sedan, in the same vein as the Mercedes CLS. We expected it to be coming shortly and now it looks as though we'll be seeing a "concept" this next month at the Detroit Auto Show. Expect the concept to look pretty much exactly how the "production" version will look — except with more LED lights, techie-cool door handles and bigger tires.

[via Freep]

Audi Drops Sketches Of A5 Cabrio, Sportback, A7 And Next-Gen A8

Andrew Stoy — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Eschewing trite teaser images, Audi has instead given us some actual eye candy, providing official design sketches of four upcoming models: the A5 Cabrio and Sportback, the all-new 2010 A7 four-door coupe and the 2011 A8 sedan. While the A5 Cabrio looks pretty much like a topless A5 coupe, the A5 Sportback is unique for not looking at all like a traditional sportback model, instead bearing resemblance to notchbacks of yore. The A7 brings TT-esque styling to the burgeoning four-door coupe market, while the revised A8, at least in sketch form, looks just about tough as hell. Take a look for yourself in the gallery below.

[Motor Authority]

2010 Audi A7 Caught Testing, Crashing Near The Nürburgring

Mark Arnold — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:15:00 EDT

This Audi A7 mule was spied in Germany, but not ripping up the Nürburgring like you would expect. Rather, it was too busy bouncing off guardrails on a small country road located just off the racing circuit. It appears that the accident didn't involve any other vehicles (or any biodiesel), and the driver is said to be fine, but we can't be sure as to whether or not it was caused by a faulty component on the car or old-fashioned driver error. What is clear are the skid marks drawing a line straight into the left side guardrail— and then across the the road to the other guardrail. Looks like he must have been going pretty fast around that slippery sweeping turn. Oh well, at least Audi sent a trailer to drag it back home.

The long-rumored Audi A7 is expected to be a coupe-shaped sedan, in the same vein as the Mercedes CLS. Though obviously this particular mule is based on an old tarted-up A6. We'd think that would mean mere body damage like this wouldn't be a big deal, so we're assuming more was broken here than the exterior skin.

2009 Audi A7 Debuts Hilarious New Concept In Camouflage

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:30:00 EDT

Looking like your Great Aunt Edna in a flowing muumuu, the 2009 Audi A7 camouflaging strategy has taken a turn for the hilarious. Instead of the traditional "tape and blocks," or "crazy looking vinyl decals," Audi has decided on "giant brown tarp with holes cut in it" as the easiest way to keep prying eyes off its new coupe/saloon. It may be good camo, but we can still glean a couple of details.

This is the first time we've gotten a look at any of the production sheet metal, albeit just tiny sliver at the B-pillar. Based on the brilliance of the camo, the only thing we can say is the car has five spoke wheels (for now), a dual exhaust, and is not slab sided. Those clever Germans. [Autobild]

2009 Audi A7 Breaks Its Elusive Cover

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:08:10 EST

Looks like the Audi A5 isn't the only one stirring things up lately. WorldCarFans has posted spy photos they claim to be the long (looooong) rumored Audi A7. Their spy shots look like a test mule wearing an A6 suit that's a little bit too small but we still like what we see. The track is stretched a bit as is the wheelbase, the interior is very reminiscent of the A8 but sports a revised dash and *gasp*, a cloth interior. That probably won't be making it into US production models (whenever that happens).

We're also wondering what's hiding under the soft drink cozy on the center console. Hopefully it's just a new shift knob and not some new form of electronic controller hell the Germans have devised. One clue to the maturity of this mule is this one seems to be sporting a wheelbase much closer to what a production version would be. The last A7 tester we saw was riding under a blacked out A4 body. When considering this along with the other cars in the lineup, and the pending Sportback, we're beginning to wonder how many niches Audi will be inventing for all these new models.