Autocar/Rachel Burgess: Audi plans to launch A4-sized electric saloon in 2023

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Audi plans to launch A4-sized electric saloon in 2023
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Rachel Burgess
by Rachel Burgess
26 March 2019

Audi will introduce an A4-sized electric saloon in 2023 as part of its growing range of E-tron models.

The brand launched its flagship E-Tron SUV last year, with the sibling car version, the E-tron Sportback, going on sale later this year. At the recent Geneva show, Audi revealed a Q4 E-tron SUV concept, which is due in late 2020 in production guise alongside an E-tron GT four-door sports car.

Audi design boss Marc Lichte said the brand would also develop a saloon that will be offered at a similar price to the Q4 E-tron. “There will be [electric] SUVs and low-floor sporty cars such as the E-tron GT, which is our ‘halo’ car,” he told Autocar at Geneva. “There will be an E-tron GT in the [A4- sized] segment as well. We’re working on this right now.”

Lichte said the electric saloon will be built on the PPE architecture, an electric platform shared with Porsche, which is also used on the A6-sized E-tron GT.
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Audi CEO Bram Schot said the Q4 E-tron will be “a major volume player” for the brand and will match sales of the Q3 “sooner than you might think”.

Schot has also vowed that Audi can bounce back from its sharp drop in profits in 2018. The firm struggled due to the impact of new WLTP emissions tests, but said a reduction in the number of engine and trim combinations it offers has eased that problem.

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Peter Cavellini
Won’t look like this.....
26 March 2019

 Concepts rarely get on the production line, shame really, because the watered down version usually isn’t all that....

Peter Cavellini.

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BubblesK
But Peter....
26 March 2019

...this is one of the better concepts around at the minute. They all seem to be overfuturistic and pretty dull after production. IF...this gets on the production line, i can see it getting little change so it could be a very good new car.

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kboothby
Another week goes by
26 March 2019

another e-concept by VAG arrives

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xxxx
Porsche Last week
26 March 2019

Audi Today. Come back to us in 2023 please

typos1 - Just can’t respect opinion

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Mikey C
An awful lot of vapourware
26 March 2019

An awful lot of vapourware around at the moment

In the old days manufacturers desperately tried to keep their future plans secret. Now they're constantly blubbing about the electric vehicles they will launch in 3 or 4 years

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