2006 Shooting brake concept 2005
As is typical of every Audi study car, in addition to its design qualities the Shooting Brake Concept features a raft of technical innovations for Tokyo. These include the adaptive damping system Audi magnetic ride, an evolutionary version of navigation system plus with touch screen monitor and character recognition, and the new LED headlight technology.
Powerful and confident – the power unit of the Shooting Brake Concept is a transversally installed V6 four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 3.2 litres, which has already thrilled many thousands of customers in currently the most sporty versions of the A3 and TT car lines.
2005 Allroad Quattro
Debut in Detroit: Audi is proudly unveiling the allroad quattro concept at this year's North American International Automobile Show in Detroit. This unique crossover has been developed especially for this presentation at the most important car show in the USA – indeed an appropriate highlight entering the 25th anniversary of quattro drive. At the same time this concept car serves as a spearhead in technology demonstrating innovative electronic systems destined to enter series production in just a few years.
Through its design alone, the Audi allroad quattro concept clearly demonstrates its versatility: The elegant sporting character of the Audi Avant is visibly linked to the functional elements of an off-roader, creating a vehicle just as much at home on the highway as on a snowbound mountain track.
2004 Audi RSQ
An Audi for the Year 2035: In 'I, ROBOT' Will Smith Races in an Audi RSQ Sports Coupe - Together with Twentieth Century Fox, Audi raises product placement to a new level - German premium automobile manufacturer develops spectacular concept car specially for this film - Fox releases motion picture event in the U.S. on 16th July; an August release in Germany NEW YORK, and INGOLSTADT, Germany, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Audi tacklesits most ambitious product placement project ever: For the epic event motionpicture "I, ROBOT," Audi Design developed the spectacular vehicle, which helpsleading actor Will Smith -- a homicide detective in the year 2035 -- solve amystery that could have grave consequences for the human race. Fox releases"I, ROBOT" in the U.S. on July 16; the film arrives in Germany in August. In the near future, technology and robots are a trusted part of everydaylife. In "I, ROBOT," that trust is broken and one man, alone against thesystem, sees it coming. The film employs spectacular visual effects andinnovations beyond any ever put on screen, to bring a world of robots to life.The film is directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow) and is set in aworld created by famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in his short storycollection "I, ROBOT." For the first time ever, Audi developed a car specifically for a majorHollywood motion picture. Audi engineers created a car for "I, ROBOT's"incredible world of 2035.
2003 Audi Le Mans Quattro
The very attractive Le Mans quattro concept looks more like an Italian than something styled in Ingolstadt, but of most import is the powertrain.A 5.0-litre V10 engine with twin-turbochargers sits behind the driver in a mid-mount position, with a vee angle of 90°.The 10-cylinder mill has 40 valves [2 intake, 2 exhaust per cylinder], which are actuated by quad overhead camshafts and both intake and exhaust valves have continuously variable opening periods to ensure optimum fuel flow at all engine-speed ranges.
