The Audi Sport Quattro concept has production potential as a performance GT to sit between the Audi TT and Audi R8 in the firm’s line-up, technical chief Ulrich Hackenberg has revealed at the Detroit motor show.
The Sport Qauttro was seen as a high-performance 690bhp hybrid at the Frankfurt motor show last September, prompting speculation that it would usurp the R8 as Audi’s performance flagship.
But Hackenberg said such a model, if it were to make production, would require a big investment and would need to be built in greater numbers as a result, therefore making it the firm’s mid-range sporting GT makes more sense
The Sport Quattro was as much about showing the versatility of the upcoming new MLB platform, which will underpin all Audi saloons and SUVs bigger from the Audi A4 and Audi Q5 up.
“There are many driveline possibilities for the car,” said Hackenberg. “It has a lot of potential due to the platform, one of them very powerful. If we have a car on the modular system, we can take other drivelines. It has a potential for bigger volume. To make this car requires a big investment, and it makes sense for us to widen its potential.”
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Clearly - that was discarded as they are too different a proposition to justify that and it would be in contradiction to the proposed A9 range topper so we are doomed it appears, to get a lesser interpretation of it.
And that’s fine – a Quattro reborn should eschew the economic pitfalls of it’s ancestor and be, as it was always intended to be, an accessible route into thrills.
Times have moved on and there are many more players in the field but Audi could pull this off – easily. It will be a Frankenstein thing – but it could also be brilliance. If nothing else – just to shut up the troll harpies and their green ranting on the lack of innovation.
Indeed....
Audi don't have a clue about this model