Audi came to this year's Frankfurt International Motor Show prepared quite well. The all new A3 Cabriolet (covered in the article
below) is the last addition to the A3 family, now available with 3 different engines (1.4 TFSI, 1.8 TFSI and 2.0 TDI) with a 2.0 TFSI unit (for the S3) and Quattro being available shortly. Alongside the A3 Cabriolet, the A8 facelift made its world debut, with sales starting immediately for all engine and chassis variants.
The stars of the show, though, were Audi's two concept cars, the Sport Quattro Concept and the Nanuk Quattro Concept. The latter is Audi's answer to the ItalDesign Giugiaro Parkour and is a two seater with high ground clearance, powered by an all-new twin-turbo V10 5.0-liter TDI engine mounted longitudinally in front of the rear axle. Its 544 HP (400 kW) and 1,000 Nm (737 lb-ft) or torque are transferred to all four wheels via an upgraded 7-speed S tronic gearbox. Despite its weight of 1,900 kg the Nanuk quattro needs 3.8 seconds for the 0-100 km/h and can achieve a top speed of 305 km/h (189 mph).
The
Sport Quattro Concept is the successor of the legendary Quattro, but sadly still in concept form. Its design is in line with the Quattro Concept that was shown in the 2010, yet it has received quite a lot of criticism in our forums, as it steered away from the virtues of its predecessor, swapping the lightweight (1300kg) package with the great 2.5 TFSI engine for a quite heavy (1900kg) hybrid combination of a twin-turbo 4.0l V8 and lithium ion batteries. Our people love lightweight cars, even if the roughly two tons are powered by a combined output of 700kg.
Photos from the Audi stand of this year's IAA can be found after the jump.
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