2019 2nd Generation Audi A7 Sportback

[DACH]

The new Audi A7 Sportback actually looks... new

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/new-audi-a7-sportback-actually-looks-new

 

 

The most amazing part of the new Audi A7 Sportback – a car not short of ‘you’re kidding, can it really?’ features - is that you can actually tell it’s new. Check out that craggy 3D lightsaber stretching across the low-lying hatchback’s tapered rump. That’s almost controversial. 

Now move forward. Take in the rest of the new A7. It’s based on the A8 and Q7’s building blocks, but gives us a good idea what the next A6 will look like. The LEDs illuminate in animated flourishes when the car’s unlocked. There are slashes in the flanks, and a wider, flatter grille than George Foreman’s family barbeque. This is an Audi you might notice, even when it isn’t chasing you down a motorway at a distance measurable only with an electron microscope.

Not a moment too soon, either. Audi’s design boss, Mark Lichte, has previously admitted to Top Gear that the old Russian-doll uniform approach was fine when Audi was an underdog, but now it’s up there with BMW and Mercedes. Same again design won’t really do, because people have short attention spans. These cars need to be prouder of the numerous technovations squeezed under the finely creased skin. And the A7 has - technical term here - oodles. 

Based on the same underpinnings as the latest A8 limo and sharing much of its stunning touchscreen cockpit, the A7 has many of the same superpowers. It’ll be able to remotely park itself without you on board, and drive itself in traffic when its ‘level-three’ autonomy comes on stream in 2018. Its on-board 48-volt electrical system also means the engine can switch off at coast, while kinetic energy is harvested as you slow down.

When it goes on sale in February 2018, however, the eyes-off-the-road self-drive abilities won’t be available, and neither will they be downloadable via over-the-air updates. Why? Because Audi bullishly tells Top Gear that “our customers aren’t guinea pigs”. Ten internet points to anyone who guesses which carmaker that’s a thinly disguised swipe at…

For the longer, more capacious A7 Sportback Mk2 (there’s more knee and headroom inside, but the thing is almost five metres long and two metres wide as a result), Audi’s headline act isn’t suspension that predicts the bumps ahead (a trick saved for new A8s), but instead, its most computerised steering system yet. 

 

 

[camrysfe]

The new Audi A7 Sportback actually looks... new

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/new-audi-a7-sportback-actually-looks-new

 

The most amazing part of the new Audi A7 Sportback â a car not short of âyouâre kidding, can it really?â features - is that you can actually tell itâs new. Check out that craggy 3D lightsaber stretching across the low-lying hatchbackâs tapered rump. Thatâs almost controversial.

Now move forward. Take in the rest of the new A7. Itâs based on the A8 and Q7âs building blocks, but gives us a good idea what the next A6 will look like. The LEDs illuminate in animated flourishes when the carâs unlocked. There are slashes in the flanks, and a wider, flatter grille than George Foremanâs family barbeque. This is an Audi you might notice, even when it isnât chasing you down a motorway at a distance measurable only with an electron microscope.

Not a moment too soon, either. Audiâs design boss, Mark Lichte, has previously admitted to Top Gear that the old Russian-doll uniform approach was fine when Audi was an underdog, but now itâs up there with BMW and Mercedes. Same again design wonât really do, because people have short attention spans. These cars need to be prouder of the numerous technovations squeezed under the finely creased skin. And the A7 has - technical term here - oodles.

Based on the same underpinnings as the latest A8 limo and sharing much of its stunning touchscreen cockpit, the A7 has many of the same superpowers. Itâll be able to remotely park itself without you on board, and drive itself in traffic when its âlevel-threeâ autonomy comes on stream in 2018. Its on-board 48-volt electrical system also means the engine can switch off at coast, while kinetic energy is harvested as you slow down.

When it goes on sale in February 2018, however, the eyes-off-the-road self-drive abilities wonât be available, and neither will they be downloadable via over-the-air updates. Why? Because Audi bullishly tells Top Gear that âour customers arenât guinea pigsâ. Ten internet points to anyone who guesses which carmaker thatâs a thinly disguised swipe atâ¦

For the longer, more capacious A7 Sportback Mk2 (thereâs more knee and headroom inside, but the thing is almost five metres long and two metres wide as a result), Audiâs headline act isnât suspension that predicts the bumps ahead (a trick saved for new A8s), but instead, its most computerised steering system yet.

This car is ahead of its time

[Soya]

I'm guessing $300k thereabouts when it gets here.

[ECONOMIC]

Why all Audi looks the same.

[Koster]

This car is ahead of its time

 

Reminds me of knight rider some 3 decades ago

[flashbang]

The look of A7 just doesn't do it for me. What's with that line across the boot for? It makes it look like it has a pathetic tiny boot opening, when actually it's a hatchback design boot opening. They should have done it like the A5...

[Wolfverine]

When I was in the market for 6-er vs. A7 couple of years back, the 6-er came up winner for its sleek looks. Considering the new 6-er is now in the form of 6 GT, I must that the the new A7 and 6GT are now comparable in exterior looks - for better of worst, it is up to you to interpret . 

 

Using the G11/12 as the base, I guess the 6GT will be in the mid/high 300k which will make the new A7 low $300k? As with the current A7, there could be a 2l variant and also cheaper?

[turco]

wow, i never liked Audis because of their boring long term interior and exterior, for the money or paying abit more i would always go for a bmw or mercedes but lately they are doing good stuff, aggressive lines, better head and tail lights and more technology/ really liked this one, good job

[DACH]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auXBsx_SMn0

 

[7hm]

I don't like the new tail lights because they don't follow the outer curve of the rear bodywork like the old ones do. Otherwise I think this new A7 is an improvement visually.

[Savvydriver]

Yup, I second to this.

 

Audi has done an amazing job with its interior design compared to BMW & Merc who are very conservative. 

 

 

wow, i never liked Audis because of their boring long term interior and exterior, for the money or paying abit more i would always go for a bmw or mercedes but lately they are doing good stuff, aggressive lines, better head and tail lights and more technology/ really liked this one, good job

 

[Wolfverine]

Looks quite good seeing the car in person and IMO definitely the rear is more proportionate that the current A7.

[Sdf4786k]

looks like a stretch version of the Hyundai Elantra

 

[Savvydriver]

Prefer this A7

 

http://www.9tro.com/media/features/tuned-cars/vag-a7-and-s4-ringmasters

[ChaosMyth]

 

The second coming of the A7, Audi’s take on the four-door coupe trend kicked off by the Mercedes-Benz CLS. It’s a more rakish, sloping, low-slung sister car to the upcoming A6 saloon, with a hatchback boot and a focus on design touches that make onlookers coo and nod reverentially like they’re surveying a fine art gallery. You wanted Audis to look a bit different, and carry some bravado? Here you go. The designers got so obsessed they even moved the fuel filler cap so it didn’t foul the styling line. We may have reached Peak German. 

 

Audis always major on design attention to detail, often more than absolute driving pin-sharpness. So the A7 ought to be Audi’s absolute comfort zone. And in many ways, this ice-cool express really is. 

 

A great deal of A7 Mk2 is shared with the latest Audi A8 – the chassis building blocks (now much more prevalent in steel than aluminium), the interior technology, and the mild-hybrid 48-volt drivetrains. While you’re not posted about town via an electric motor, what the system can do is store regenerative braking energy as electricity and totally switch off the engine when you’re coasting, between 34mph and 99mph. 

 

So, for downhill stretches of motorway, the engine is off entirely. Transmission declutched, and away you go. The stop-start system also cuts in long before you’re actually, er, stopped. At 13mph, if the computer senses you’re heading for traffic, it’ll turn off whichever of the turbocharged petrol or diesel powerplants you’ve selected for your A7. 

 

At launch, it’s a V6-only zone, with four-cylinder powertrains coming later. Audi’s needlessly bonkers new naming ideology badges the petrol as ‘A7 55 TFSI’. In the real world, we’ll call it a 3.0 TFSI bi-turbo with 335bhp and 348lb ft. It’ll haul the A7 from 0-62mph in 5.3 seconds and on to 155mph in a blink, or do a claimed 41.5mpg and emit 154g/km. Helping massage those figures is a new version of the quattro 4x4 system, titled ‘quattro ultra’. First used in the A4 Allroad, the drivetrain keeps the A7 entirely front-wheel drive to reduce friction, until it senses you’d like twice as much traction.

 

At launch, it’s a V6-only zone, with four-cylinder powertrains coming later. Audi’s needlessly bonkers new naming ideology badges the petrol as ‘A7 55 TFSI’. In the real world, we’ll call it a 3.0 TFSI bi-turbo with 335bhp and 348lb ft. It’ll haul the A7 from 0-62mph in 5.3 seconds and on to 155mph in a blink, or do a claimed 41.5mpg and emit 154g/km. Helping massage those figures is a new version of the quattro 4x4 system, titled ‘quattro ultra’. First used in the A4 Allroad, the drivetrain keeps the A7 entirely front-wheel drive to reduce friction, until it senses you’d like twice as much traction.

 

A longer cabin means this A7 is a tad more spacious, but your passengers won’t notice the legroom because they’ll be far too busy fawning over the proliferation of touchscreens that control the A7’s endless entertainment, safety, information and comfort jobs. Why use knobs and buttons to adjust the heater when a haptic feedback screen can do the job? Why indeed, says Audi… 

 

There’s a lot of complication to tuck into with the A7. There are four options of suspension type: standard steel springs, 10mm lower sports springs, electronically controlled adaptive damping, or fully adaptive air suspension. Phew. Later in 2018, there’ll also be part-autonomous ‘AI’ functions for remote parking and even leaving the A7 to garage itself. Tony Stark, your time is now. 

One thing you’ll be sure of on all A7s is its sexiest signature detail: that spectacular rear LED strip housing 13 vertical elements that illuminates, switches off and indicates in a variety of animated flourishes. Well, Audi’s got to get its valued customers to start using their indicators somehow.

 

https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/audi/a7

In comparison to the current A7. 

 

Photos of current A7.

 

 

The 2019 rear is so much more sleek. Love the tail lights.

Interior I would very much prefer the current A7. Too much tech makes my eyes painful. 

 

[DACH]

Beautiful sleek low slung car which I saw at the Audi Experience show.