Since the release of this generation of Audi A4 with chassis code name B9 in 2016, it has hardly won head-on competition with two old rivals Mercedes-Benz C-Class and BMW 3 Series, and neither sales nor word of mouth have been able to pose a threat to the two competitors of the same level. Therefore, many Audi fans are beginning to look forward to whether the new generation of Audi A4, which will debut next year, can win back a city.
In fact, the official also knows that the new generation of Audi A4 with chassis code B10 is of great significance to the brand, because with the tightening of global emission regulations and Audi's own electrification transformation, this generation of Audi A4 will be the last Audi medium-sized sedan equipped with an internal combustion engine. Therefore, Audi must pay attention to it, on the one hand, to bid farewell to the era of the internal combustion engine, on the other hand, to effectively enhance the competitiveness of Audi A4 (B10) products.
Recently, some overseas media based on the new generation of Audi A4 Avant road test spy photos to create a rendering, it is reported that the Audi A4 team last year by the new car A6 e-tron modeling inspired, the entire A4 (B10) redesigned, the current model of the complex lines replaced by a smooth surface closer to the pure tram, and with a wider single grille, digital matrix LED headlight group and vertical air intake components, etc., to match the more aerodynamic front.
Perhaps considering the hot sales of the previous generation of Mercedes-Benz C-class in the domestic market, from the B10 A4 Avant spy photos, the side lines of the new car have the taste of borrowing the C-class station wagon, and the design of the double waist line is matched with the smooth falling roof line and the side skirt shape below, which is sharp and dynamic.
Although the media did not take the cab spy photos of the new generation A4, the imaginative overseas media still guessed that the interior design language of the new car may come from the e-tron GT based on the previous Audi official clues, and it will also cancel the physical buttons in the car to a greater extent, and provide Audi's iconic virtual cockpit, such as a 12.3-inch embedded central control screen, a full LCD dashboard and a third-generation modular infotainment platform (MIB 3), Features like the Car-to-X service and Amazon Alexa voice assistant.
Regarding the power part of the new car, this must be the focus of attention, because there have been rumors that the B10 A4 will be built on the same MQB platform as the A3, which can save Audi nearly $1 billion in costs, but then Audi's head of technology development said that the new generation A4 will stick to the MLB platform. Regarding the advantages of MQB and MLB platforms, I will not repeat them here, and you can roughly understand by looking at this picture.
In addition, the head of audi brand technology also said: the new generation of A4 will be equipped with a new gasoline and diesel engine, which is also the best in the history of the Audi brand, the new power system will be with the help of electric motors to meet strict emission regulations, and improve the power performance of the vehicle. If we look at the news that Audi has stopped developing a new generation of internal combustion engines, it means that the engines on the Audi A4 Avant, which will be launched in 2024, are indeed the last of Audi's new engines.
Although Audi's secrecy work is well done, we can also speculate based on Mercedes-Benz's approach to the new generation of Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the new generation of A4 while maintaining a 2.0T displacement start, should also add 48V light hybrid system, the transmission system is still the S-Tronic gearbox we know, and equipped with the iconic quattro four-wheel drive system.
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B9 generation Audi A4 debuted in China in 2016, according to the German car "seven years a generation" law, then the B10 generation Audi A4 will also be officially met with us in 2023, but according to Audi's temper, the A4 Avant introduced in this issue should be slightly later than the Audi A4 and A4 Allroad release, should be in 2024.
Objectively speaking, the new generation of Audi A4 product power is visible to the naked eye to see the huge improvement, the value of the line, the power is also stronger, but in recent years the domestic car market has changed very fast, especially the development of the new energy vehicle market is changing with each passing day, and when the new car is listed again, I am afraid that no young consumer will really want to buy a traditional fuel car, right?