2011 Audi A7 Sportback photos and details now available

We bring you a photo gallery and detailed technical specs of the upcoming 2011 Audi A7 Sportback

Photo: Audi A7 is an elegant, but very practical, car

Audi has been trying real hard to take on its rival and fellow German car-maker Mercedes. The company recently released photos of its latest design – the A7 Sportback. The Audi A7 Sportback is developed to take on the Mercedes CLS head-on.

The Audi A7 Sportback is positioned between the A6 and the A8 sedans. The A7 Sportsback is a proper four door sports car that offers a big car feel and can comfortably seat 4 passengers in it. But the looks of the 17, though, screem four-door coupe. And to make things practical, Audi has ensured there is a substantial amount of boot space.

Photo: Audi A7 Sportback

The Audi A7 Sportback is 4.97 meters long and 1.91 meter wide. This length is just about 17 cm shorter and 4 cm narrower than the A8 saloon.

Below is a very detailed video of the A7. Enjoy!

This car has a wheelbase of 2.91 meters. The A7 concept made its first public appearance last year at the Detroit motor show. The final vehicle that Audi has conceived is very close to the concept design that was shown. The aggressive deep front grille, a low chin and slim headlights are the highlights of its design while  a sharp crease runs along the body highlighting the body panels. It has a short boot which gives it that sharpened overhang look from the rear. A spoiler is also seen on the boot to highlight the A7′s sporty looks. This spoiler is functional too and changes its angle automatically to cut wind noise while the car is in motion.

Photo: The A7 sportback is very classy inside

The Aud A7 Sportback weighs 1695 kg which makes it about 100 kilos lighter than the Mercedes CLS350 CDI, something that works in its favor.

The A7 Sportback has an boot space of 535 litres which can be increased to about 1390 litre simply by folding down the rear passenger seats.

Photo: Functional elegance in the 2011 Audi A7 Sportback cockpit

Audi plans to launch the A7 Sportback in four V6 engine options. The engines would feature unique features like direct injection, thermal management system, stop-start and brake energy recuperation in all of them.

Audi A7 Sportback – specifications

The A7 Sportback in the petrol avatar would be powered by a 2.8-litre V6 that makes 201 bhp and 286 Nm of torque, and also a supercharged 3.0 litre V6 producing 295bhp and 449Nm of torque. Seven speed S-tronic transmission and quattro four-wheel drive would be standard fitments across all variants.

According to Audi, with the 3.0 TFSI engine, the A7 can touch the 100 kph speed in just 5.6 seconds from standstill, and can do a commendable top speed of 250kph.

Moving on to the diesel engine options, two V6 diesels are been developed for the A7 Sportback. One diesel unit makes 241 bhp and 510 Nm of torque and can make the A7 touch 100kph in 6.5 seconds and reach a maximum speed of 250kph.

The second diesel unit that would be available on the A7 is the 201 bhp and 459Nm of torque. Both the diesels would be available with the same S-tronic and quattro set-up as the other variants.

The A7 Sportback carries forward the same in cabin design cues as seen on the concept. A cockpit with wraparound dashboard ,foldaway TFT screen, seven-inch sat-nav screen with an optional head-up display. First time Audi is using the head up display technology on its car which was known to be a feature for many BMW cars so far. We are certain that as soon as the A7 Sportback is launched abroad it would make its way to India quickly.