The Gentleman Magazine Issue 7 | February 2018 | Page 32

THE NEW AUDI A7 SPORTBACK:
SPORTY FACE OF AUDI IN THE LUXURY CLASS
The A7 Sportback represents the new Audi design language
to a great extent and delivers on the design promise made by
the prologue studies. The four- door coupe sets standards in
the luxury class when it comes to progressiveness. It embodies
a new style of Gran Turismo, with dynamic lines, systematic
digitalization, a sporty driving experience and a versatile space
concept.
Consumption figures for the Audi A7 Sportback 55 TFSI
quattro S tronic: Combined fuel consumption in l/100 km: 7.2
– 6.8* (32.7 – 34.6 US mpg) Combined CO2 emissions in g/
km: 163 – 154* (262.3 – 247.8 g/mi)
Dynamics at their most beautiful: the exterior design
The exterior design of the A7 Sportback is an expression of the
new design language that Audi introduced with the prologue
study and made its production debut in the new Audi A8.
With large surfaces, sharp edges and taut, athletic lines, the A7
signals dynamics and progressiveness from every perspective.
Up front, the Singleframe grille – wider and lower than that of
the Audi A8 – the narrow headlights, the boldly contoured air
inlets and the flat front end convey at a glance the sportiness
of the Gran Turismo. The headlights are available in three
versions. With the middle and top equipment lines, the light
signature takes up the subject of digitalization: 12 adjacent
lighting segments separated by narrow intervening spaces
evoke associations with the binary digits 0 and 1. The top
version is the HD Matrix LED headlights with Audi laser light.
*Figures depend on the wheel/tire sets used
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The Audi A7 Sportback is an athletic sculpture with a long
engine hood, long wheelbase and short overhangs. Pronounced
contours emphasize the wheels, which measure up to 21 inches
in diameter, and reference Audi’s quattro genes. These genes
determine the proportions of the vehicle’s body.
The silhouette is defined by the dynamic roofline, which drops
sharply toward the rear. Four figures delineate the sporty
character of the large coupe: It is 4,969 millimeters (16.3 ft)
long, has a wheelbase of 2,926 millimeters (9.6 ft) and is 1,908
millimeters (6.3 ft) wide, but stands only 1,422 millimeters (4.7
ft) high.
As with the previous model, the rear end is tapered like that
of a yacht. The long luggage compartment lid terminates in
a pronounced, curved lip from which an integrated spoiler
extends automatically at 120 km/h (74.6 mph). A flat light
strip – a design feature common to all of Audi’s top models –
joins the rear lights, whose tail lights are made up of 13 vertical
segments. When the doors are unlocked and again when they
are locked, fast-moving light animations play in the rear lights
and in the headlights, highlighting the big coupe’s dynamics
while standing still.
The progressive exterior design of the new Audi A7 Sportback
is largely devoid of chrome. The paint range offers a choice of
15 colors, eight of which are new. The optional S line exterior
package further hones the look, with modifications to the
radiator grille and the front air inlets, the sills and the front
and rear diffusers. They are trimmed in gloss black and more
strongly sculpted.
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