While BMW killed off the previously announced production version of the Concept CS, easily the best looking car it’s created since the same Henrik Fisker penned its Z8, Audi appears to be taking the plunge into the four-door coupe segment with the new Sportback Concept, shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit and widely expected to be given the A7 designation when produced.
Audi A7 Sportback concept
Audi “appears” to be taking the plunge into the four-door coupe segment? Well, Audi hasn’t officially announced it for production yet so there’s still a chance it’ll remain a concept. More appearance-oriented is that the Sportback didn’t get its name for being a four-door coupe, but rather a five-door coupe. After all, that’s the name it gives its five-door A3. When thinking of a four-ringed five-door, however, I’m brought back to the first Avant I ever saw (or at least ever noticed), a five-door C3 Audi 100 Avant which was more of a five-door fastback than a traditional wagon. The Sportback concept hides its load carrying flexibility even more discretely, with a notchback design that will have most onlookers surprised when a liftback exposes an extremely useful cargo area.
The design is what you’d expect from Audi, a new interpretation of the now trademark horse-collar grille front and centre, with horizontal strakes instead of vertical, and LED eyebrows framing the top half of each beautifully shaped headlamp cluster, sitting atop deep-set aerodynamically designed air intakes that add to the car’s wide, solid stance.
Audi A7 Sportback Concept
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