Shanghai preview: Audi prologue allroad concept

Audi will journey to next week's Shanghai Motor Show to introduce a more solid-looking variant of the prologue avant theory that has been presented in Geneva last month. Called prologue all-road, the show-car previews the potential of Audi's posh wagon on stilts.
Made to stop the beaten trail, the all-road sits three inches more in relation to the prologue avant. It gets re designed fenders on both ends that decrease the approach and departure angles, protecting black-plastic trimming within the wheel arches as well as the rocker panels as well as a collection of brushed-aluminum roof rails. 22-inch five-spoke alloy wheels add a premium touch to the entire appearance. The Prologue all road is driven with a plugin hybrid vehicle drivetrain composed of a double-turbocharged 4.0-liter TFSI V-8 engine and a compact electric-motor assembled into an 8-speed tiptronic gear box. Both power resources deliver 734 hp and 663 pounds-ft. of torque to all four-wheels via Audi's time tested quattro all-wheel-drive system. The wagon can achieve 62 mph from a stay in in a sportscar-like 3.5 seconds when the two energy sources provide the system's total output signal. Instead, it returns up to 98 mpg in a combined European cycle if it is driven using a light right foot. The electric-motor can power the all-road on its own for about 33 miles by drawing juice from a lithium ion battery-pack positioned underneath the cargo compartment. The pack might be recharged while driving, by stopping up the wagon right into a home outlet or by utilizing Audi's onboard radio receiver charger. The latter technologies is likely to be identified on the organization 's routine-generation versions in the forthcoming years. Audi hasn't disclosed just what the future holds for the prologue all-road theory. It may only drop insight in to what the all-road of the future can look like, or it may be toned down for creation and be the nextgen all-road.

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15.04.2015
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