New Audi Quattro Coupe

QUATTRO COUPE TO GET GREEN LIGHT

400bhp coupe in final stages of exec evaluation at Audi; could be here by 2013


There's been much hope in recent months that Audi's chunky 402bhp Quattro Concept would become a production reality (including on this very site), and now it seems about to become true.

According to the super-sleuths at our sister publication Autocar, an S5-based prototype has been built for evaluation by senior Audi management before the final green light is lit, but it seems as if this may just be an effective formality, with a launch planned for 2013.

Like the car that wowed the crowds at the Paris motor show last year, the prototype is constructed from an aluminium spaceframe with a mixture aluminium and carbon fibre body panels, even though it looks like a standard S5

The prototype, says Autocar, shaves 300kg from the kerb weight of an RS5, but the final production car could be even lighter, with a 150mm-shorter wheelbase and lightweight tricks for the interior. Word is that the final car could be 225kg lighter than an Audi R8. Now that, we like the sound of...

Honestly, that is pure sexual!

Funnily my mate was talking about buying an 86 (?) Quarto turbo today (Jealous!)

I can't make my mind up, from some angles it looks awesome but my main gripe is that huge hole at the front, needs a bar through it to break it up imo

YUM!

prefer the red one

Totally agree with Woz, it's sexy as hell but the grille is ghey.

I like, but that trade mark audi grill doesnt work well at all.

Looks a bit like the Nissan gt-r

I love it A big open front end means power to me!

Looks ridiculously homosensual.

From the back, hell yeah. Sides are pretty good too...

The front end though, ruins it. It's like an A4 mated with an Evo 10, in a bad way.

Looks great, well apart from agreeing with the above comments about the grill. It's nice to see some new production cars can still look stylish.