Audi Forum
01-26-2008, 02:53 PM
Filed under: Coupes (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Sedans/Saloons (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/), Euro (http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/), Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/category/audi/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/sportback.jpgFrom the moment the first Mercedes-Benz CLS four-door "coupe" was introduced to the public, other German luxury automakers hit the drafting board (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/19/bmw-gran-turismo-development-gets-serious/). According to the German auto experts at AutoBild, Audi is just over a year away from unleashing its own cleverly packaged sedan. The A5 Sportback would be based off the A4/A5 platform, and takes a little of both models and melds them together. Audi parent company VW has already unveiled a four-door coupe version of the Passat (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/13/detroit-2008-volkswagen-unveils-the-passat-cc/) destined for sale in the fall, so an A5 Sportback appears to be a safe bet. The A5 won't be the only four-door coupe in the Audi fleet either, as the A7 (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/27/one-more-official-rendering-for-your-perusal-audi-a7/) should arrive in 2010, and AutoBild mentions the arrival of a new A3 Sportback a year later.
If there is a Sportback edition of every odd-numbered Audi, an Avant version of the even numbered models, and an S and RS for all, it's easy to see how Audi plans to expand its product lineup by 18 models (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/audi-to-double-line-up-by-2015-offer-a7-and-cute-ute/) by 2015. The A5 is already handsome, but if the four-ringed automaker could add the practicality of four doors while keeping the coupe's good-looking lines, we foresee another hit for Audi. Click the read link below to view Auto Bild's CGI rendering of the A5 Sportback.
[Source: Auto Bild via German Car Blog (http://www.germancarblog.com/2008/01/audi-a5-sportback-confirmed-first.html)]
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/sportback.jpgFrom the moment the first Mercedes-Benz CLS four-door "coupe" was introduced to the public, other German luxury automakers hit the drafting board (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/19/bmw-gran-turismo-development-gets-serious/). According to the German auto experts at AutoBild, Audi is just over a year away from unleashing its own cleverly packaged sedan. The A5 Sportback would be based off the A4/A5 platform, and takes a little of both models and melds them together. Audi parent company VW has already unveiled a four-door coupe version of the Passat (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/13/detroit-2008-volkswagen-unveils-the-passat-cc/) destined for sale in the fall, so an A5 Sportback appears to be a safe bet. The A5 won't be the only four-door coupe in the Audi fleet either, as the A7 (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/27/one-more-official-rendering-for-your-perusal-audi-a7/) should arrive in 2010, and AutoBild mentions the arrival of a new A3 Sportback a year later.
If there is a Sportback edition of every odd-numbered Audi, an Avant version of the even numbered models, and an S and RS for all, it's easy to see how Audi plans to expand its product lineup by 18 models (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/audi-to-double-line-up-by-2015-offer-a7-and-cute-ute/) by 2015. The A5 is already handsome, but if the four-ringed automaker could add the practicality of four doors while keeping the coupe's good-looking lines, we foresee another hit for Audi. Click the read link below to view Auto Bild's CGI rendering of the A5 Sportback.
[Source: Auto Bild via German Car Blog (http://www.germancarblog.com/2008/01/audi-a5-sportback-confirmed-first.html)]
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