Katha Pollitt

Don’t be fooled by the ‘concept’ label – the Audi Sportback is going to happen. It’ll arrive next year – most likely named the A7 – and though the roof will be touch higher and the wheelarches a touch less flared, it’ll be more or less as you see here, which is all good.

So what is it? The A7/Sportback is Audi’s take on the four-door coupe formula – think of it as a competitor for the Merc CLS and Jaguar XF – so it’s a big car: the same size as the A6, in fact.

There are plenty of clues to Audi’s next-generation styling cues, too – take a look at those narrow-eyed, tapered headlights (all LEDs, of course) and that chamfered single-frame grille, which looks very similar to the front of the A1 show car we saw in Paris.


Audi a7 Sportback
Audi a7 Sportback
Audi a7 Sportback
Audi a7 Sportback
Audi a7 Sportback
Audi a7 Sportback
Audi a7 Sportback