Audi A7: Spy shots!

Thursday, July 13, 2006

We found some spy shots of the Audi A7. Nice!

We've seen this Audi test mule before on the Nurburgring, but this time when our spy photographers caught up with the prototype testing in the heat of Death Valley they were able to get a closer look.

In addition to snagging a few shots of the interior, they also pulled out a tape measure to confirm its wheelbase. From the interior photos you can see new bezels for the gauges while the wheelbase measured an even 111 inches. This puts it just shy of the current A6 (111.9), a fact which leads us to believe this could be the upcoming A7 four-door "coupe" designed to go head-to-head with the Mercedes-Benz CLS. Our photographer also reports this particular prototype was accompanied by an A6, an S6 and an S8, all cars likely to share parts with the A7. We're expecting to see the smaller A4-based coupe early next year, but it's clear Audi isn't wasting any time ramping up development of its other new "coupe".