Auto News – Daily Last Auto News

Last Auto account – Audi e-tron accepted for assembly Audi confirms Tesla Roadster-rivalling electric supercar will access in 2012

Audi has accepted it will barrage a new electric flagship sports car in the next few years. Based on the e-tron abstraction car, appear at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, the assembly adaptation will barrage at the end of 2012 – in a bound assembly run of 1,000 models.

Costing added than the R8 supercar, it is accepted the showroom-ready e-tron will backpack a amount tag of about £120,000. Featuring the aforementioned lithium-ion array backpack and four electric motors, it will get a new aluminium spaceframe anatomy and a failing aluminium body, around identical to the e-tron concept. What’s added the e-tron name will be agitated over too – although not in France, area ‘etron’ is argot for begrimed matter.

Development has already started on the newcomer. Project aggregation baton Thomas Krauter told Auto Express: “Apart from some of the affecting aluminium trim pieces, the exoteric will break the aforementioned on the assembly car. We will administer the aerodynamics with an underfloor tray so there will be no ample spoilers and the car will advance its simple look. Between now and 2012, our acoustic administration will actualize a synthesised ‘engine’ complete too, but our better challenges will be to accumulate all the electrical systems air-conditioned – and aswell to accommodate the latest array technology.”

In added Audi news, the close has aswell accepted its A7 four-door auto will be apparent in backward 2010, a lot of acceptable at the Paris Motor Show. Rivalling the BMW 5-Series GT, it will attending about identical to the Sportback concept, but will alter by featuring a Skoda Superb-style twin-door auto while in the aback there will be the advantage of two and three seater layouts. UK sales will alpha against the end of 2010 with prices blame off at £40-45,000. 

Related with this news LastAutoNews.com's other car news