Quattro to get go-ahead
04 April 2011
Audi’s radical new Quattro coupé is poised to be given the green light for limited production, according to company sources. A single engineering prototype, based on an S5, has been built by Audi’s Quattro division. It will be sampled by members of the Audi board before the project gets the official go-ahead.
However, insiders say the Quattro now looks a certainty for launch in 2013. The lightweight, 402bhp, all-wheel-drive coupé will be based on a version of Audi’s aluminium spaceframe chassis, while its body will make extensive use of carbonfibre-reinforced plastics.
The Quattro Concept was first shown at last year’s Paris show, ostensibly as a celebration of 30 years of quattro-driven Audis, and journalists were given a taster drive of a working mock-up of the car last winter.
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