Manufacturer Audi AG Class Concept car, Coupé Engine 4.0 L TFSI V8 | Production 2014 Body style 2-door Coupé | |
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Layout Front-engine design,
quattro permanent four-wheel drive | ||
Audi Prologue is a concept luxury Coupé unveiled by Audi at the 2014 LA Auto Show. It features 4.0 TFSI V8 engine , with 445 kW (605 hp) and 700 Nm (516.3 lb‑ft) of torque (750 Nm (553.2 lb‑ft) in overboost mode, and 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in 3.7 seconds), eight‑speed tiptronic, Quattro (four-wheel-drive system) with torque vectoring, self-levelling air suspension with adaptive damping, dynamic all-wheel steering. Equipped with Matrix laser headlamps, Audi virtual cockpit, 3 OLED tablet-like touchscreens, next-generation Multi Media Interface.
An innovative feature is the central driver assistance control unit (zFAS), a main computer in the vehicle trunk, that controls all vehicle functions, dynamics and Advanced driver assistance systems with real-time computing through a high-speed FlexRay optical fiber data network. It uses a Tegra K1 System on a chip.
Its design and technology previews the next generation Audi A8, due to be unveiled in 2016.