Audi to rejig naming construction with evens for EVs, odds for ICE

The Audi A4 and A6 can be going away quickly, however they need to be again briefly order.

In an interview with Bild final week, Markus Duesmann, Audi’s CEO, confirmed the automaker can be tinkering with its naming construction because it transitions to an all-electric lineup by 2023 in all areas besides China.

Duesmann confirmed: “The odd numbers would be the combustion engines and the even numbers will stand for the battery electrical autos. The successor to in the present day’s A4 can be referred to as the A5, and in the present day’s A6 can be referred to as the A7. 

“The A4 and A6 will then be electrical.”

Regardless of this realignment, Oliver Hoffmann, Audi’s chief know-how officer, informed the German publication: “At Audi, e-tron stands for one hundred pc electrical and is a well-established time period. We need to follow that.”

There was hypothesis that the ditching of the traditional A4 and A6 names can be twinned with a pruning of the physique kinds supplied in Audi’s inner combustion engine (ICE) vary.

Thus far our spy images crew has solely noticed successors to the A4 wagon and A5 Sportback liftback, leaving many to suppose the A4 sedan won’t be instantly changed.

When pressed on the matter, Duessmann would solely say, “We’ll present info on the physique variants of the long run A5 and A7 at a later date”.

Whereas some is likely to be dismayed with the potential demise of the A4 sedan, Hoffmann promised that we “can stay up for many emotional and high-performance derivatives” of the next-generation ICE fashions, possible that means there can be S5, RS5, S7, and RS7 variants.

It’s unclear when the naming change will happen, however the A4 and A5 are due for brand spanking new generations quickly, and the present A6 is already 5 years outdated.

Among the quantity tinkering has already performed out with the all-electric This autumn e-tron being offered alongside the marginally smaller Q3, whereas the upcoming Q6 e-tron to anticipated stay subsequent to the Q5.

The Q6 e-tron relies on the brand new Platform Premium Electrical (PPE) being co-developed with Porsche. PPE will function the idea of the next-generation Porsche Macan, and also will be used for the A6 e-tron.

Spy photographs point out the A6 e-tron sedan will look similar to its idea counterparts, and the A6 e-tron Avant Idea signifies a wagon model is probably going too.

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