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Preview: Audi A7 Sportback (2011)

In brief

Audi has revealed its four-door “coupe” that directly tackles Mercedes’ CLS. Fractionally longer and wider than the current A6 sedan, the A7 is shorter and features a hatchback or Sportback in Audi-speak.

A long list of tech kit will be available on the A7 including head-up display, the choice between LED or bi-xenon headlights, climate control air-conditioning, heated and cooled seats with massaging function, radar-guided cruise control, and lane and parking assistance.

Click through for a complete look at the A7 Sportback.
(Credit: Audi)

Also available is the MMI (Multimedia Interface) entertainment and navigation system that features a high-res pop-up 6.5-inch screen. The system can be controlled by either the familiar MMI knob or a touch pad that can recognise handwriting, as well as swiping gestures.

The nav system can access services from Google with the aid of an internet- and Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone, as well as acting as a Wi-Fi hotspot. A 15-speaker, 1300-Watt stereo set-up from Bang & Olufsen is available for the particularly well healed, although a Bose system is also offered.

At launch in Europe two petrol engines will be offered, a 150kW/280Nm 2.8-litre V6 and a 220kW/440Nm 3-litre supercharged V6, with fuel economy rated at 8 and 8.2L/100km respectively. There will also be two versions of Audi’s 3-litre turbo-diesel V6 on the menu: one producing 150kW, while the other makes 180kW/500Nm. The diesels consume 5.3 and 6.5L/100km respectively.

Power is delivered to either the front wheels via a continuously variable transmission, or all four wheels via seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. The wheels range in size from 18- to 20-inch.