Audi will introduce an A4-sized electric saloon in 2023 as part of its growing range of E-tron models.
The brand launched its flagship E-Tron SUV last year, with the sibling car version, the E-tron Sportback, going on sale later this year. At the recent Geneva show, Audi revealed a Q4 E-tron SUV concept, which is due in late 2020 in production guise alongside an E-tron GT four-door sports car.
Audi design boss Marc Lichte said the brand would also develop a saloon that will be offered at a similar price to the Q4 E-tron. “There will be [electric] SUVs and low-floor sporty cars such as the E-tron GT, which is our ‘halo’ car,” he told Autocar at Geneva. “There will be an E-tron GT in the [A4- sized] segment as well. We’re working on this right now.”
Lichte said the electric saloon will be built on the PPE architecture, an electric platform shared with Porsche, which is also used on the A6-sized E-tron GT.
Audi is working on a number of electric platforms. The E-tron and E-tron Sportback are based on Audi’s adapted MLB platform, while the Q4 E-tron uses the Volkswagen Group’s bespoke electric MEB platform.
Audi CEO Bram Schot said the Q4 E-tron will be “a major volume player” for the brand and will match sales of the Q3 “sooner than you might think”.
Schot has also vowed that Audi can bounce back from its sharp drop in profits in 2018. The firm struggled due to the impact of new WLTP emissions tests, but said a reduction in the number of engine and trim combinations it offers has eased that problem.
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Peter Cavellini
Won’t look like this.....
Concepts rarely get on the production line, shame really, because the watered down version usually isn’t all that....
BubblesK
But Peter....
...this is one of the better concepts around at the minute. They all seem to be overfuturistic and pretty dull after production. IF...this gets on the production line, i can see it getting little change so it could be a very good new car.
kboothby
Another week goes by
another e-concept by VAG arrives
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Porsche Last week
Audi Today. Come back to us in 2023 please
kboothby
SEAT next week...
Skoda the week after, then all back round to Audi's PR department for their latest take on what will outsell Tesla and the I-pace (In 2023 and beyond) :) :)
Mikey C
An awful lot of vapourware
An awful lot of vapourware around at the moment
In the old days manufacturers desperately tried to keep their future plans secret. Now they're constantly blubbing about the electric vehicles they will launch in 3 or 4 years
fadyady
Too little too late
fleabane
next A4 to have 4 wheels and a windscreen
Ignoring the year, which will be wrong, it would be surprising if they weren’t.
roy_g_biv
A4-sized electric saloon
Will it be overweight and underdeveloped like its 'flagship' E-Tron SUV as reported recently.
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