Drive the Stunning Audi Prologue Concept

Audi Prologue Concept front

In the domain of concept cars, we've two general types. There are the whole flights of fancy, the machines with the steering wheel which can also be a fish tank or an uneven amount of wheels or nuclear power. Occasionally journalists dare these things to be really built by the car companies, and that is exactly how we ended up with the Plymouth Prowler. On the flip side, there are concept cars which are scarcely disguised production cars, only a couple of years ahead of the showroom introductions. The Audi Prologue, unveiled in the la auto show, would seem to fall in the latter group. It run on narwhal burps, or go undetectable, does not fly. It only resembles a very bodacious large coupe, of the kind that Audi might construct--wink, wink--if, you know, folks believe it should.

Audi Prologue Concept interior

This, I will guarantee you, never occurs. However close a concept car might hew to reality, it is still a one of a kind machine. As well as when a contour is presaged by the body shortly to arrive on the road, the matter could possess seats stuffed with chicken wire and dishrags and a papier mache engine. There is a concept car known as durable if it does not melt under the lights. The single concept car I have really driven was the Chevy Camaro first gear just. And I think that it burned to the bottom three minutes after I left and likely fell.

So I am tickled to view the Prologue sitting there in the SLS Hotel's parking lot, prepared to get a twist. Four months earlier, this automobile was a sketch. Now it is going to head out on the not-so-mean streets.

Can the hood open? That is their story and they are sticking to it.

I ask head of layout Marc Lichte if the bow of Audi -hefty mechanicals present any design challenges. Unlike some firms that are German, Audi does not stuff its engines midway. Out front is perched as well as the styling adapts that. He looks like he is heard this question before, and he is already sick of it. "This?" he says, gesturing to the comparatively narrow strip of fender involving the leading wheel well as well as the door. "The can have that." Hear BMW? You'll get that.

Audi Prologue Concept back

I don a disposable jumpsuit in a pleasant color so my foul garments do not besmirch the leather seats that are untreated. The wonderful organic-LED touch screen is running a facsimile of what it'd do if it were actually hooked up to anything. Need to find out the laser headlights? They should catch the headlight man, although those can turn on.

Prior to my coming, there was some uncertainty about if the Prologue's 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 would be making its advertised 597 horsepower. It seems the V8 is set to full strength, but there is some sort of exhaust back-pressure problem that causes, shall we say, two or a hiccup.

With Blumel I push the start button. Nothing. I shove it another few times to no accessible Blumel gets on a walkie talkie, says something, and on the next attempt the auto fires up. Does not that mean a muffler of some kind? The Prologue would beg to differ, if you believe turbos smother exhaust sound.

I am unsure what is more dreamlike--driving the car I had seen around the L.A. autoshow turntable or driving in L.A. without traffic. Now I understand Al Cowlings felt like.

Every time we do, and in spite of the police escort, we must pause at some junctions, the cameras come out. At one stop, I hear a man on the pavement blurt, "it is the automobile in the auto show!" Yeah, that is correct. And here it's to the road, in your face, Audi Future's Phantom.

I was among the initial individuals to offer feedback. I will understand someone listened when the generation variant has a fish tank.

01.03.2015
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