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2 A futuristic sports car will soon be unveiled by Audi, with design inspiration coming from a piece of automotive history. Audi has shared a shadowy silhouette of the new cabriolet, which promises to be an ultra-luxurious vehicle with autonomous technology. In a video with the company's Head of Design Marc Lichte, he reveals the long shape of the concept – to be called the Sky Sphere – was inspired by the 1937 Horch 953A Cabriolet. "The basis for good design are proportions," Lichte said of the Horch. "These proportions are simply awesome – long wheelbase, no overhang, huge bonnet. Thi...

Audi skysphere concept teased ahead of August 8 reveal; grandsphere and urbansphere to follow 29 July 2021 12:46 pm / 0 comments Audi is planning to make quite a scene over the coming year by debuting not one, not two, but three concepts. All are based around the company’s “spheres” theme and are named as such, with each visualising a different aspect of Ingolstadt’s idea of personal mobility. The first show car is the skysphere, which is set to be revealed on August 8 at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California. As the name suggests, it’s an open-top grand tourer, w...

Filed to:a8 Remember the Audi Porsche Bentley Landjet thing that the three Volkswagen-affiliated brands teased late last year? Audi’s version of the Landjet — which, itself, is the centrepiece of VW’s Project Artemis vision to build big, hyperluxurious electric and semiautonomous cars — was previewed Monday under yet another, slightly more formal moniker. It’s called Grand Sphere, which feels somewhat imposing, though certainly not as illustrative as Landjet. That was a perfect name that instantly told you everything you needed to know about the car. Why fix what wasn’t broke? The...

► Audi's near-300bhp family-friendly PHEV tested ► 36g/km CO2 and 177mpg, apparently ► Quiet, comfortable, capable and classy Audi, as a brand, feels ripe for electrification, and it's further down the zero-emission path than fellow VW Group bedfellow, Bentley. The Ingolstadt and Crewe-based brands – long VW Group bedfellows, will grow inexorably closer as they collaborate on the platform set to underpin Bentley's first EV, due 2025. All of which is perhaps why this part-petrol, part-electric A6 feels like an intrinsically good idea – not always a given with plug-in hybrids. Mo...

We head to Audi’s HQ in Ingolstadt, Germany, to meet head of design Marc Lichte and learn about the progressive design philosophies underpinning Audi’s gro…