2015 Audi Quattro Coupe Concept Release Date
2015 Audi Quattro Coupe will go on sale this fall as a 2015 model year , price at around $40,350 . The Sport Quattro concept laid out in the home under the strict supervision of Audi's design boss Wolfgang Egger it .
Like the early photographs reveal , the car retains the appearance of the previous broad Quattro concept but more refined , with more detailing around the front and rear ends and a slightly altered due to the increase in the proportion of dimensions .
Among the styling elements are more prominent single-frame grille is dominant with hexagonal plastic insert , deep front bumper with splitter and large airways , and LED lighting . There are more handsome hunch wheelhouses to accommodate larger 21-inch alloy wheels central lock , vertical air vents on the front fenders and the greenhouse shallow and treatment C - pillar width ( the latter taken from the 1983 Sport Quattro ) . Although it looks like a coupe , this car is actually a hatchback , with the rear doors opening to reveal a luggage compartment boasting 10.6 cu ft
At 181.2 inches , 77.4 inches and 54.6 inches high, the Sport Quattro is 12.7 inches longer , 4.1 inches wider and 2.2 inches taller than the previous Quattro concept . It is also riding on a wheelbase of 109.6 inches , 7.3 inches longer than the original concept car .
In the instructions close to production ready , Audi confirms floorplan car is a combination of high strength steel and cast aluminum . The doors and fenders while the aluminum bonnet , roof and tailgate are - carbon fiber reinforced plastic . Sources Audi says the new car weighs 4079 pounds , some 209 less than RS7 recently inaugurated . If the rumors are true , the production version will use a modified version of the MLB ( Modularen Langsbau or modular longitudinal architecture ) platform Audi .
Strength Sport Quattro Concept is derived from newly developed gasoline - electric plug - in hybrid driveline develop a combined 700 hp and 590 lb - ft of torque - all routed through an eight-speed automatic gearbox and a Torsen four-wheel drive torque - sensing system . At its core is a twin - turbocharged 4.0 - liter aluminum V8 Audi - fitted to several models including the Audi RS7 the production .
This machine is mounted longitudinally and has features such as cylinder deactivation at light throttle loads and stop / start system . The electric motor is placed in the gearbox casing . Energy for the motors is provided by a 14.1 kWh lithium - ion battery mounted in the trunk floor .