Undoubtedly, this is also a “peak showdown” in the luxury car battlefield of this Shanghai Auto Show. The competition between the two in the field of rejuvenation has added a bit of “gunpowder” to this battle without gunpowder. (1) The advantages of Audi Q5L collapse, and Volvo XC60 will replace it? In the past, the Audi Q5 has been a commonplace model in the luxury mid-size SUV market. Relying on the first-mover advantage, the Audi Q5 once established a strong voice and formed a more balanced product imprint. However, Q5 was replaced by Q5L in 2018, and now it has been changed in the mid-term, Q5L has not been able to consolidate its leading edge. On the contrary, the “tired state” is constantly showing. The main reason is that the Audi Q5L’s family-based design is “more than enough, but not enough to break through”, which makes the market lose its “freshness”. Coupled with the “reduction” of the power system and four-wheel drive system, its reputation has been further damaged. In this context, who has the most hope to replace it? Kungfu Motors believes that the Volvo XC60 has the greatest opportunity. (2) Why is the Volvo XC60 more sincere when it is also a mid-range model change? The reason why Kungfu Motors is more optimistic about the mid-range revision of the Volvo XC60 can be summarized into three main aspects. First of all, the overall design of the new Volvo XC60 is more personalized and “fresh”. In particular, the new Volvo XC60 has newly added 3 body colors and 5 wheel hub designs, further satisfying consumers’ individual choice. At the same time, the new car has also made a series of quite targeted changes in appearance details. For example, the body length has been increased from 4688mm to 4708mm. The new front bumper design and the “Thor’s Hammer headlights” have a more dynamic effect, and the rear adopts a hidden exhaust layout. Under the background of the “Viking Axe” taillights, the overall visual effect becomes smoother. Compared with the Audi Q5L, which is already “aesthetically fatigued”, the new Volvo XC60 is obviously more in line with the personality preferences of the younger generation of consumers in terms of three-dimensional and muscular shaping. The new car perfectly interprets the Nordic design “Less is More” concept, and upgrades the “simple and luxurious” design to a more unique “abstinence aesthetic”, bringing a new and different feeling. Secondly, the powertrain of the new Volvo XC60 has also been fully upgraded. All models are equipped with a 2.0T engine and a 48V light-hybrid system is introduced to match an 8AT gearbox. The addition of the 48V light hybrid system also enables the new car to have a smoother power experience in the starting phase and under congested road conditions, and improves the NVH performance. On the other hand, Audi Q5L, although the 7-speed dual-clutch “slots are full”, Audi is always “full of confidence.” This indifference to market voices is undoubtedly dwarfed by Volvo, which has been actively upgrading and pursuing breakthroughs. Of course, Kungfu Motors also believes that the most critical “decisive point” between the two lies in the “intelligence” field that young consumer groups pay the most attention to. Compared with the Q5L car system that has fallen behind the times, the new Volvo XC60 upgraded Google Android native car machine is sufficient in terms of feature richness and smooth experience to “slap” opponents. This is because the newly upgraded XC60 car has been equipped with the familiar iFLYTEK Intelligent Voice Recognition System and AutoNavi Map Navigation. With the cooperation of Volvo and Huawei, the car and machine application market and Tencent’s audio entertainment ecosystem, the richness of its applications is comparable to that of mobile phones. In addition, the new Volvo XC60 is also equipped with powerful ADAS automatic driving assistance functions, especially the unique Pilot Assist pilot assistance system in the same class, which can adapt to corners from 0-130KM/h and maintain center cruising. “The “safety” label on the Volvo brand. In contrast, the lane deviation reminder and the ordinary ACC cruise function that the Audi Q5L can provide can only be said to be good and stable. Therefore, although the two models are also mid-term facelifts, the Volvo XC60 has been upgraded in the four dimensions of appearance design, powertrain, vehicle system, and driving assistance system. The sincerity is also significantly higher than that of the Audi Q5L. (3) Kung Fu makes a case Of course, if we compare Volvo XC60 and Audi Q5L only at the configuration level, it will still be an underestimate for Volvo. Because, in the view of Kungfu Motors, the reason why the Volvo XC60 is expected to replace the Audi Q5L in the luxury mid-size SUV market is that Volvo has a very complete set of values, even ahead of its opponents. For example, in the new Volvo XC60, we can not only feel Volvo’s ultimate pursuit of health and safety, but also experience its “human-oriented care” that allows smart technology to serve the experience. Through the control of the scale and the trendy attitude of the design concept, the Volvo XC60 fully demonstrates the image of a handsome man with a cold appearance but a warm heart. All of this will be the key to Volvo’s continued success in winning the favor of the younger generation of consumers and is expected to beat the Audi Q5L.

The shape is similar to the concept car, and the Sportback has a strong running style Like the previous camouflage car with the painted appearance removed, the official production version of the Audi Q4 e-tron is almost similar to the concept car. It includes an 8-sided water tank guard frame with a closed grille design through which air passes. The air intakes on both sides of the front bumper circulate with the lower side. However, the mass-produced version of the headlight group and the lower air intake are thicker, and the air intake area on both sides of the bumper is also reduced and the radar group is added. The Q4 e-tron car series offers three choices in the styling kit: basic version, advanced and sporty S line. In the light technology part, all cars are equipped with LED head and tail lights as standard, and Maritx LED matrix light sources are available as options. The profile of the car side is almost exactly the same as that of the concept car. The side wheel arches are the same as those of the Q8, with fairly obvious externally expanded wheel arches, making this crossover SUV look full of sportiness. Although the line direction of the Q4 e-tron’s rear is not as high as that of the concept car, it looks exactly the same whether it is the hexagonal texture of the tailgate, the shape of the taillight or the bumper line. The Q4 e-tron Sportback has a longer D-pillar at the rear of the car that is more down-slanted. Through a tighter rear and a large duck tail design that moves down to the top of the brand new logo, it matches the original texture. The linear rear wheel arch brings a higher level of running style visual effect. The streamlined appearance design of the dual models also brings low wind resistance of 0.28 and 0.26Cd to the Q4 e-tron and Q4 e-tron Sportback respectively, and also helps to improve energy-saving performance. In terms of body size, Audi announced that the Q4 e-tron has a length × width × height of 4,588 × 1,865 × 1,632 mm, and the front suspension setting of only 860 mm brings the wheelbase to a level of 2,760 mm. To create a better cabin ride and load space performance, the interior length of the cabin reaches 1,830mm, which is close to the level of a large SUV. The Q4 e-tron external size setting is also located between the same door Q3 and Q5; it is also included in the Mercedes-Benz EQA and EQC. The smallest radius of gyration can reach 5.1 meters. The interior is extremely high-tech, AR HUD and the new generation of MMI are introduced The mass-produced version of the Q4 e-tron also maintains the same layout and lines of the concept car’s interior. The county line with the air outlets on both sides of the dashboard and the central touch screen for diagonal driving continue to maintain a strong driving-oriented style. The air conditioning button and the gear button interface extending from the center of the storage space are also completely transplanted from the concept car. Continuing the technological sense of the e-tron electric car series, Q4 e-tron is equipped with Audi virtual cockpit all-digital instruments and central MMI touch system. Among them, the standard size of MMI touch is 10.1, 11.6, and 11.6. MMI radio plus, mobile phone connection and other functions; at the same time, the voice-activated assistant function of “Hey, Audi” has also been added. In addition, it is the first time to provide an optional HUD head-up display for AR augmented reality. Another noteworthy point of the interior is that the Q4 e-tron is equipped with a new style of touch-sensitive button steering wheel. In addition to the new double-jaw shape, the buttons on both sides of the steering wheel will not be illuminated until their functions are available; in addition to touch, the new steering wheel buttons can also be operated by sliding, just like the smart phone, so that the function selection is close to the general operation. behavior. The Audi virtual cockpit, which is equipped with many Audi models, is also not absent on the Q4 e-tron. In addition to navigation maps and driving information, the battery status that is indispensable in the e-tron car series is also integrated into 10.25. Kan Lu Xiao Q4 e-tron also provides Audi virtual cockpit plus as an option, with three interface display modes: classic, sports and e-tron. Ingenious storage space, flexible use of space In the cockpit part, Audi emphasizes the flat design of the rear seat legs, and thanks to the 2,760mm wheelbase, the three rear seats have excellent legroom; plus the wide rear seat design, even if the rear seat is approximately higher than the front seat At 7 cm, there is still good headroom performance. Audi is also proud to say that the entire car includes glove boxes, cup holders, etc., with up to 24.8 liters of storage space; the rear compartment has a volume of 520 liters, and supports 4/2/4 rear seat tilt, which can be expanded to a maximum of 1,490 liters. 3 Power, rear-wheel drive four-wheel drive setting In terms of power, the Q4 e-tron car series will have three output options: 35 e-tron, 40 e-tron and 50 e-tron quattro. Among them, the 35 e-tron and 40 e-tron use a single PSM permanent magnet synchronous motor configured on the rear axle. According to different output adjustments, they have the maximum output performance of 170 horsepower and 204 horsepower respectively. In terms of batteries, the 35 e-tron is equipped with a 55 kWh battery pack with 9 battery modules; it has a maximum range of 341 kilometers and 349 kilometers (Sportback) under the WLTP specification. 40 e-tron is upgraded to a 12-module 82 kWh battery pack with a maximum endurance of 520 kilometers. The top 50 e-tron quattro power, the rear axle can output a maximum of 204 horsepower, and a 109 horsepower motor that drives the front axle, so that this electric quattro four-wheel drive system can output a maximum of 299 horsepower. Horsepower, and has a cruising range of up to 488 kilometers and 497 kilometers (Sportback). Audi said that through the sophisticated battery management system, the original factory can guarantee that after 8 years of driving or 160,000 kilometers, the battery capacity is still more than 70% of the factory. European market in June, or domestic production at the end of the year For the charging part, the Q4 e-tron car series supports a maximum power of 11kW in the AC part; and the fast-charging HPC DC part can provide 130 kilometers of cruising range in 10 minutes at a power of 125kW. The Audi Q4 e-tron series will be launched in the European market in June. The entry-level Q4 35 e-tron is priced at 41,900 Euros in Germany, and the Sportback is about 2,000 Euros higher than the general models. With the launch of the new car, Audi also launched two Edition One models, including the same spring blue as the concept car or the typhoon gray with a sporty color scheme.

Specifically, in terms of appearance, the Audi Q4 e-tron family has taken a new step in the field of electric vehicle design language. The body lines of the Audi Q4 e-tron concept car and Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron concept car unveiled in early 2019 have been mass-produced on these two compact SUVs. At the same time, thanks to the short front suspension and large-size wheel design, the body proportions of the two cars are impressive and the lines are full of muscle. At the rear of the car, a light strip connects all the taillight units. The extremely low roofline design of the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron coupé style also runs through the very expressive rear of the car. The rear spoiler is located above the two-part window, which takes into account practicality and aerodynamics. There are a total of eight colors for car painting, including the new metallic aurora violet (aurora violet). In addition to the basic version, the series also includes two upgraded versions and S line appearance kits are optional. Aika Motors understands that according to customer requirements, the Audi Q4 e-tron family can be equipped with Matrix LED headlights, which can always maximize the illumination of the road as much as possible without affecting other road users. Digital lighting effects are also the world’s first: the driver can switch between four lighting effects through the MMI touch screen operating system. In the interior, the design of Audi Q4 e-tron and Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron is exactly the same. The entire cockpit is divided into four digital areas, namely Audi virtual cockpit, natural language voice control, central MMI touch screen and new enhancements. Realistic head-up display (optional). The new car uses a full LCD instrument panel with a four-spoke touch-operated steering wheel, and the central control center uses an embedded MMI multimedia touch screen. In addition, the new car also uses a button-type electronic shift mechanism. The augmented reality head-up display of the Audi Q4 e-tron is an optional component. It can feed back corresponding information through the front windshield and the two individually controllable AR hardware between the driver, and can drive with a virtual floating image. About ten meters in front of the driver, driving information about navigation is projected. In addition, the available space inside the Audi Q4 e-tron and Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron is comparable to that of a full-size SUV. Among them, the Audi Q4 e-tron luggage compartment volume can reach 520-1490L; while the Sportback model with an electric luggage compartment tailgate has a luggage compartment volume of 535-1460L. It is worth mentioning that these two compact electric SUVs also come standard with a number of driving assistance systems, including predictive efficiency assist, which supports forward-looking driving efficiency optimization. In addition, like other equipment, the optional auxiliary system is divided into different kits. These kits are equipped with adaptive cruise assist (adaptive cruise assist) system, which can provide vehicle owners with lateral and longitudinal assistance at various speeds. In the power section, the Audi Q4 e-tron series includes three different drive configurations. Among them, the Audi Q4 35 e-tron is a rear-wheel drive with an electric motor and the output power is 125kW; the Audi Q4 40 e-tron is a rear-wheel drive with an electric motor and the output power is 150kW, 520km endurance under WLTP conditions; the top version Audi Q4 50 e-tron quattro uses dual-motor all-wheel drive, with a maximum output of 220kW (299 horsepower), and it only takes 6.2s to accelerate from 100 kilometers.

By Christoph Arnowski, BR A high proportion of electricity from coal, insufficient range, too few charging points – all this makes many people doubt the electric car. Also the Ingolstadt engineer Roland Gumpert. That is why he has developed a completely new electric drive concept that works without a charging cable and still enables a long range – and with which the car can be refueled as easily and quickly as a petrol or diesel. The technical core is a methanol fuel cell. If these are fed with climate-neutral methanol, their cars will run without greenhouse gas emissions, says Gumpert: “We can install this concept in any car, in a Polo with 50 hp or in a long-haul truck with 40 tons,” says the engineer. “We are vastly superior to normal battery cars.”

“Father” of the Audi Quattro

Gumpert isn’t just anyone in the automotive industry. For decades he worked successfully for Audi – most recently as Marketing Director for the joint venture between VW and Audi in China. At the beginning of the 1980s, as head of Audi Sport, he and his rally drivers brought four world championship titles to Ingolstadt. The basis was the Quattro drive, which was considered a technical sensation in 1980. For the first time, an automobile manufacturer built a permanent four-wheel drive into its street car. Gumpert is considered one of the fathers of the Quattro drive.

Billions invested in electromobility

Now, at the age of 76, Gumpert wants to show it to the entire industry again – with his own small company. He wants to prove that his car with a methanol fuel cell is better than any electric car with a large battery and charging cable. But politics and industry are so far not interested in Gumpert’s idea. Is it because you have agreed on battery-electric e-mobility and have invested billions in developing it? “Germany can only achieve the EU’s 2030 climate target with a high proportion of electric cars,” the Association of the Automotive Industry VDA shares BR policy magazine controversial on request with. All other options are “not available in ‘mass production’ until then”. Audi expresses itself similarly. The Ingolstadt-based carmaker did not even respond to Gumpert’s invitation to take a look at his concept. Compared to the BR explains a company spokesman: “Electromobility is by far the most efficient way to decarbonise and achieve CO2 fleet targets. Audi is therefore concentrating on battery-electric mobility.”

This is how the methanol fuel cell works With the drive concept, cars do not fill up with hydrogen, which is technically complex and expensive. Instead, a mixture of methanol and water is put into the tank. This is as uncomplicated and quick as possible with gasoline or diesel. This mixture is only heated and broken down into its components in the car itself. The oxygen and carbon dioxide escape into the air. Because climate-neutral methanol is used, there are no additional greenhouse gas emissions. The fuel cell converts the hydrogen from the methanol into electricity, which runs the electric motor.

For the first time, engineer Roland Gumpert implemented his drive concept in the Nathalie sports car – a two-seater coupé with 550 hp and a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour. The fuel cell produces enough electricity in the car to be able to travel at speeds of up to 130 kilometers per hour. If you want to drive faster, the battery supplies the electric motor with the additional energy required. If the speed drops below 130 km / h, the fuel cell not only supplies the driving current, but also recharges the battery at the same time. In this phase, the car drive needs less electricity than the fuel cell produces. If the vehicle comes to a complete stop, all the electricity from the methanol fuel cell flows into the battery.

If the battery is empty, the car can continue to drive, but at a maximum of 130 km / h – and as long as there is methanol in the tank. Gumpert specifies the range of the car as around 800 kilometers.

“The train left”

The Ulm management consultant Arnold Lamm also believes that the battery-electric car will prevail. “The train has left, you can’t stop it,” says Lamm. As an engineer, he worked for Daimler for more than twenty years. At the end of the 1990s, the Stuttgart-based car manufacturer opted for a drive with a methanol fuel cell, but the company did not achieve the breakthrough it had hoped for at the time. Lamm’s conclusion today: “Technically it works, but then as now I consider this system to be far too complex, too expensive and too time-consuming for a mass market.” Engineer Gumpert disagrees. His drive works: in the prototype of the “Nathalie” he built, a 400,000 euro super sports car that he plans to produce in a small series next year. And the same in an E-Smart that he has converted. His system is competitive: “We know for sure that we can get there with mass-produced products in terms of cost. Our system, including the battery, is ultimately no more expensive than a battery-powered car,” says Gumpert.

Advantages especially on long journeys?

Also from the point of view of the car expert Lamm, the technology “in this configuration is definitely worthwhile to be further promoted”. However, he sees opportunities above all in trucks that have to cover long distances. Here it could have advantages over pure hydrogen vehicles and electric trucks. So should the federal government be interested in e-cars with methanol fuel cells? At least Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer knows the concept. Gumpert was already in Berlin two years ago with his “Nathalie”. Scheuer seemed pleased. But does a 400,000 euro sports car really help in the fight against climate change? The minister sent engineer Gumpert back to Ingolstadt with homework: he was supposed to prove that his drive concept also worked in a small car.

Political tailwind for converted Smart?

In fact, Gumpert converted an E-Smart on behalf of the ministry. Since then, the car has driven 15,000 kilometers – without any problems, without a charging cable, just refueled with green methanol. However, all attempts to inform Scheuer about this failed for months. Emails from the company with the request to present the Smart in Berlin initially went unanswered. Upon request from Controversial said the ministry that methanol fuel cell systems were “not a mass-market solution”. In the meantime, the Federal Ministry of Transport has also contacted Gumpert. “We’re finally out of the drawer,” says the engineer. “We have been forgotten and apologized and will soon give us an appointment for a video conference.” So is the small company from Ingolstadt still getting some political tailwind? Engineer Gumpert continues to hope so. So far he has been pretty much alone with his vision of an electric car with a methanol fuel cell that can be refueled very easily and that continues to drive even with an empty battery.

Audi unveiled up to four brand-new models this week at the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, where the stretched A7L and A6 e-tron sedans garner the most attention. The two models share the stage with an upgraded long wheelbase Q5 and a mysterious new Audi Shanghai concept in the form of an all-electric SUV. While the A7L will be the first Audi model in China developed with local Volkswagen Group partner SAIC – other models developed with another partner FAW – this new electric vehicle is not far behind. . Considered a research concept at the moment, it will evolve into a production car in the second half of this year. Details are still scarce, but we do know that it will be 4,870 mm long. The figure on this electric luxury Audi Shanghai makes it nearly as long as the Audi e-tron SUV currently sold in many parts of the world, and some local sources say it will be built based on Volkswagen’s MEB chassis. Group, similar to the Q4 e-tron and the smaller Q4 Sportback e-tron. The concept car shown at the show has a camouflage cover with an e-tron mark and all the windows are darkened, meaning the company is not ready to reveal the interior of the new car. With Audi quiet, all we can do is speculate. Considering the announced overall length of the car, perhaps the production version will be equivalent to the Volkswagen ID.6 that also debuted at this year’s Shanghai Auto Show. That three-row electric SUV also uses the MEB chassis and measures 4,876 mm in length. However, this is merely a speculation. If that is the case, we can expect the best version of the new electric SUV to be equipped with the AWD Quattro drivetrain with 2 electric motors delivering a total output of 302 hp and 310 Nm of maximum torque. the equivalent of the dual-motor ID.6, or even more powerful, to deserve the Audi title. At ID.6, this capacity allows it to accelerate from 0-100 km / h in 6.6 seconds and the top speed is electronically limited to 160 km / h. In terms of travel distance, we can also see ID.6 modeled with two options of 58 kWh and 77 kWh, with the second type providing a maximum travel distance of 588 km / h according to the Chinese NEDC cycle. . Time will tell what real specs will be on the new Audi electric SUV. The model on display only has a simple name, the new electric Audi Concept Shanghai, and will certainly bear a different name when it goes into production. Also, it is worth noting that this model will be exclusive to the Chinese market. Video: Audi introduces a series of luxury electric cars in China.

In this era of increasingly diversified travel demands, SUV models continue to be popular due to their advantages such as large space and high passability. In the SUV market, German cars with strong technology and brand strength have always been the first choice for consumers when buying cars, and the Audi Q5L is a well-deserved king among them.

Since its introduction to the Chinese market in 2009 and the realization of localization in 2010, the Audi Q5 (including the all-new Q5L) has been leading the luxury B-class SUV market with its excellent sales and reputation. So far, the cumulative sales of Audi Q5 (including the new Q5L) in China have exceeded 1.22 million.

On April 19, on the first day of the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, the new Audi Q5L made its global debut. It has achieved a significant upgrade comparable to the generation in the dimensions of design, space, technology, and control, escorting users’ “free” travel in all aspects. Re-defining the benchmark of the luxury B-class SUV market, demonstrating the “return of the king”.

Internal and external repairs: the exterior design is renewed and the ride experience is upgraded

As a breakthrough in the era of luxury B-class SUVs, the all-new Audi Q5L truly interprets what is internal and external. The new Audi Q5L has launched the “S-line dynamic and elegant” double front face version design to meet the individual aesthetic needs of users for elegant, restrained, sharp and dynamic.

From the front, the new Audi Q5L uses the family’s iconic octagonal air intake grille, with a flatter shape and a lower visual center of gravity, which further enhances the sporty sense of the vehicle. The new bumper design, with a wider fog lamp grille shape, brings a stronger sense of three-dimensional sculpture and looks more majestic.

Coming to the side of the body, you can see the new Audi Q5L’s new wave-shaped waistline sharpened, sharp and capable, and dynamic and elegant. In the rear design, the all-new Audi Q5L is equipped with a new integrated OLED digital taillight with three kinds of taillight animation effects. When the vehicle is switched to the “dynamic” driving mode, the lighting effects will also dynamically change, which is full of technological sense.

The new Audi Q5L not only achieves a new breakthrough in external appearance, but also comprehensively upgrades the internal experience. From the more optimized space layout, to the superior craftsmanship and material selection, to the details of the entire cockpit, the luxury and comfort of a higher level are reflected everywhere.

Body size is a key indicator of an SUV, which directly determines whether drivers and passengers can enjoy a broad and free atmosphere. The length, width and height of the new Audi Q5L are 4770 mm, 1893 mm and 1667 mm, respectively. The front and rear lateral space is the best in its class, supplemented by a leading 2907 mm wheelbase, which further strengthens the space advantage.

Entering the car, the new Audi Q5L cancels the MMI knob and touchpad on the previous generation center console, adopts a new storage compartment design, the loading space is more practical and the interior look and feel is more clean and simple. In addition, the luggage compartment can achieve a flexible storage space of 550 to 1600 liters, which can easily cope with various scenarios, whether for business negotiations or family outings.

Relying on high-quality craftsmanship, the driving comfort of the new Audi Q5L has also been greatly improved. The entire vehicle seat is upgraded to a combined leather fabric with stitching and piping design, supplemented by seat memory and other functions, not only making the places within reach are luxurious, but also further improving the comfort of long-distance driving.

For the new Audi Q5L, luxury is also an essential element. The electric panoramic glass sunroof in the car, LED ambient lights of up to 30 colors and the B&O sound system are equipped with high-level textures throughout the car, making the new Audi Q5L a walking concert hall.

Extreme control: all-round four-wheel drive galloping, strong surging power

In the age of youth and sports, power, control and control are more and more valued by car consumers, and these performance dimensions have naturally become hard indicators for judging whether a car is good enough. As a luxury B-class SUV that adapts to all-terrain travel, the new Audi Q5L driving control has been upgraded again, fully satisfying consumers’ control needs for a high-end medium-sized SUV under various usage conditions.

When it comes to handling, four-wheel drive is always an inevitable topic. The new Audi Q5L uses the most intelligent four-wheel drive system in its class, Ultra quattro, which will always be in four-wheel drive mode in off-road driving mode and dynamic and intense driving.

At the same time, the Ultra quattro intelligent four-wheel drive system has the feed-forward capability, which monitors 12 items of information including vehicle speed, driver operation input, vehicle lateral/longitudinal acceleration, and outside temperature at a frequency of 100 times per second, and predicts up to 500ms in advance Wheel attachment limit, and the four-wheel drive form and the torque distribution of the front and rear wheels can be completed within 0.2 seconds, providing excellent traction and comfortable dynamic driving.

The new Audi Q5L also provides six different driving modes-economical, comfortable, automatic, dynamic, personalized, and the only off-road mode of the same level, which fully meets the personalized needs of users under different road conditions and allows users to experience full-road driving. Of omnipotent freedom.

It is worth mentioning that in the actual driving process, another important feeling brought to the driver by the new Audi Q5L is “stability.” The front and rear five-link suspension of the new Audi Q5L can greatly alleviate the impact from the road, improve driving smoothness and comfort, and bring a more extreme handling experience.

For an SUV, the importance of power is self-evident. The new Audi Q5L is equipped with a 2.0T high and low power engine, matched with a 7-speed S tronic dual-clutch gearbox. The maximum output power is 140 kW and 185 kW, and the peak torque is 320 N·m and 370 N·m, respectively. The 0-100km/h acceleration time of the Q5L 45TFSI model is only 6.9 seconds.

On the whole, the “2.0T+7DCT” perfect combination used in the new Audi Q5L can provide surging power output at any time, giving the driver the freedom to start on the go, and maximizing the release of the driver’s sports nature, allowing They experience an excellent driving experience.

On this basis, the all-new Audi Q5L also comes standard with the strongest and most efficient 12V light hybrid power system in its class. Free power is available whenever you step on it, allowing users to ride freely in the world. At the same time, it supports smart stop and glide and kinetic energy recovery, which greatly reduces the vibration discomfort of the automatic start function and improves the comfort quality of the vehicle.

In fact, SUVs with strong power alone are not uncommon, and SUVs that can balance power and energy consumption are rare. Thanks to the efficient and environmentally friendly power system, lightweight technology and intelligent four-wheel drive performance, the new Audi Q5L has the lowest fuel consumption performance in its class, with a minimum comprehensive fuel consumption of 7.2 liters per 100 kilometers.

Embrace intelligence: cutting-edge technology blessing, digital escort safety

After a century of development, the automotive industry is in a critical period of transformation. It is intelligent technology, not just mechanical performance, that determines the future of automobiles. As a masterpiece of a luxury B-class SUV in the intelligent era, the new Audi Q5L is equipped with a 12.3-inch full LCD virtual cockpit, a 10.1-inch MMI touch screen, and a rich driver assistance system to enhance the user’s digital and intelligent control experience in an all-round way. Bring more intelligent fun.

Thanks to the application of the new natural language interaction system, users can use everyday language to control the new Audi Q5L, no longer limited to pre-designated terms, effectively improving the accuracy and convenience of human-computer interaction. Audi connect interconnection technology service can also realize the support of interconnection functions such as emergency call/remote control service.

Not only that, relying on the full LCD instrument panel, users can check speed, rotation speed, map and other information, and switch between three different views of the instrument display (classic, sports, dynamic) according to personal preferences. Not only does it use a 10.1-inch high-resolution MMI touch screen, all functional applications on the touch screen can also be dragged freely to achieve a highly personalized setting similar to that of a smart phone.

In fact, the intelligent upgrade brings not only more driving pleasure, but also higher safety. The MMI touch screen of the new Audi Q5L supports tactile and sound feedback, which improves the convenience of blind operation by the driver and effectively guarantees driving safety.

When measuring the safety of a car, it is often only in the subtleties. The OLED taillights used in the new Audi Q5L can improve road safety through the “proximity detection” function. Within a distance of less than two meters behind, if a vehicle approaches the rear of a new Audi Q5L vehicle in a stationary state, the entire group of OLED taillights will instantly light up to act as a warning.

Moreover, by being equipped with the unique ACC distance indicator of the same class, the new Audi Q5L can use the front radar system to measure the distance between the vehicles ahead when the vehicle speed exceeds 60 km/h, and count the “seconds” on the dashboard. Show the distance vividly. In addition, the new Audi Q5L also has intelligent driving assistance systems such as the basic version of the Audi pre-safety system, the rear version, the city version, and the ACC adaptive cruise system.

Imagine that when you are working all day and driving towards home tiredly, complicated vehicle conditions and congested roads may make you distracted. At this time, the new Audi Q5L’s intelligent driving assistance system can assist you in all aspects. Driving brings you a safer and more comfortable driving experience.

In the past few years, Audi’s electric vehicle lineup has been continuously updated with new models. After E-Tron, E-Tron Sportback as well as E-Tron GT, Audi continues to unveil new luxury electric car couple named Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022. Different from E-Tron. Launched in 2018, the Audi Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron are based on the Volkswagen Group’s new MEB platform.

This Audi electric SUV underbody facility is also being used in the Volkswagen ID.4. As direct competitors to the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Tesla Model Y and Volkswagen ID.4, the pair of luxury cars possesses essentially the same design. At the same time, these are also the two smallest electric car models of the Audi brand today.

The specific dimensions of the Audi Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022 include a length of 4,588 mm, a width of 1,865 mm, a height of 1,632 mm as well as a wheelbase of 2,760 mm. In addition, the vehicle has a towing capacity of 1.32 tons. Compared to the Audi Q5, the Q4 E-Tron 2022 is about 90 mm shorter but optimized for internal space, partly thanks to the battery pack located under the car.

The luggage compartment volume of the Audi Q4 E-Tron 2022 is 520 liters or 1,489 liters if the rear seats are folded down while the other storage compartments have a total volume of 25 liters. Meanwhile, the Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022 has 535-liter luggage compartment or 1,461 liters if the rear seats fold flat to the floor.

Compared to the rest of Audi’s electric cars, Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022 possess a quite different design. The reason is that this luxury electric SUV pair applies Audi’s new design language. Outside, the Audi Q4 E-Tron 2022 looks quite curvaceous. Vehicles equipped with a flat front, high shoulder line and a steep windshield. Thanks to that, this model looks like a traditional SUV.

In contrast to the Q4 E-Tron, the Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022 has a more unique design. This model is equipped with a wheel cavity like a Tonka toy car, a flat front and a roof sloping to the back in a coupe style. Thanks to this roof, the Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022 has a 10 km longer range than the Q4 E-Tron.

And yet, the pair of Audi luxury SUVs also get a new Matrix LED headlight system, which comes with a configurable LED daytime positioning strip. Users can choose 1 of 4 different configurations of this LED daytime positioning strip. Other notable exterior equipment of this couple include fake hexagonal grille, connected LED taillights, rims ranging in diameter from 19 to 21 inches and 8 paint colors.

Inside the Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022, Audi has arranged large 1.5-liter water tanks on all 4 doors. The interior of the car is upholstered in artificial leather or Nappa leather. Add to that details upholstered in high quality Dinamica, which looks like suede but includes 45% recycled material. Wood and aluminum trim details are available as an option.

Next is the largest center screen ever fitted to an Audi model at 11.6 inches and facing the driver. Even in the standard version, the car also has a 10.1-inch infotainment screen. This monitor supports wireless connectivity with a smartphone via Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Behind the wheel is a Virtual Cockpit digital dashboard with a 10.25-inch display.

That is not to mention the voice command feature “Hey, Audi” and the information display screen glass integrated virtual reality technology. Not only high-tech, the interior of the Audi Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022 also promises to bring a sense of relaxation to users thanks to the Sonos sound system. This is a new audio brand established in the early 2000s and is known for its high quality speakers and integrated audio solutions. However, the Sonos sound system is only available as an option for the Audi Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022.

In markets outside the US such as Europe, the Audi Q4 E-Tron as well as the Q4 Sportback E-Tron 2022 have a standard version of the 35 E-Tron with a 52 kWh battery cluster and an electric motor that powers only 168 hp with the same model. Maximum torque of 310 Nm. This standard version also only uses rear-wheel drive and has an acceleration time from 0-100 km / h in 9 seconds. The range of the Audi Q4 35 E-Tron 2022 is 341 km while the corresponding figure for the Q4 35 Sportback E-Tron is 349 km. Expected to be available in the US market by the end of this year, the price of the Audi Q4 e-tron 2022 starts at less than $ 45,000, less than $ 7,500 under federal incentives.

Video: Details of the Audi Q4 e-tron 2022 luxury SUV with electric power.

However, in the luxury and super luxury segments, sedans and especially large super luxury sedans still have a certain importance when their customer base is not affected as much as the mainstream segment. It is no coincidence that Mercedes-Benz is extremely cautious with the S-Class, EQS or even the Maybach S-Class or BMW is still busy with the 8-Series, for example, with the special Collector’s Edition just released.

In the coming months, Audi will also step into the super-luxury sedan segment by bringing the Horch name back to confronting Maybach. Audi A8 Horch is expected to use the same chassis with the Audi A8 L with a significantly more flashy exterior thanks to chrome and the equipment system is refreshed as front / rear wheels / bumpers.

Just in the past few months, the Audi A8 Horch has revealed its test run many times with a detail that almost certainly determines the identity of the new car: the C-column is hidden with the H badge most likely underneath. This also promises that Audi’s last line of names also uses the W12 engine, in the same way that Mercedes favors Maybach with a V12 engine while the main lineup has long abandoned this equipment.

Audi A8 Horch is expected to launch within the next 18 months with prices hovering around the 6-digit threshold.

Reference: Motor1