The 2019 Geneva Motor Show was busy and “electric” for Audi. Let's see, in addition to having presented its new range of plug-in hybrids at the Swiss show, and the Q4 e-tron prototype, the German brand also took advantage of the Volkswagen Group's Media Night to make known the e-tron Sportback , although still very camouflaged.
However, it was possible to confirm the adoption of a more conventional grill than the one that appeared in the prototype unveiled two years ago in Shanghai.
For the rest, the adoption of a “coupé” profile by the e-tron Sportback is confirmed and, it seems, the bet on the same type of LED brake light bar as the A8 and the replacement of the rear-view mirrors for e-tron chambers we already know. The rims measure an impressive 23”.
Motorization inherited from the e-tron quattro?
Although the e-tron Sportback prototype appeared in Shanghai in 2017 with three engines (one on the rear axle and two on the rear axle) that offered 435 hp (503 hp in Boost mode), the production version is most likely of the e-tron Sportback, to be known later this year, also use the same scheme used by the e-tron.
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That is, two engines, one per axis and 360 hp or 408 hp in Boost mode. However, we caught a glimpse of a three-engined 503 hp e-tron on the recent feat of climbing the Mausefalle, the steepest section of the legendary downhill ski race, the Streif, in Switzerland. Who knows?
The most likely, too, is that the same battery used by the e-tron will appear, that is, with 95 kWh of capacity and which should offer about 450 km and the possibility of being recharged up to 80% in just 30 min at a 150 kW quick charging station.