On aesthetic design, Audi may have become an aesthetic indicator of the electric vehicle industry, first with the e-tron GT electric four-door sports car to amaze the public, the first concept work of the PPE platform A6 e-tron is also amazing, the A6 Avant e-tron electric travel concept car that was officially exposed a few days ago is even more exciting to Wagon station wagon fans. But will Odijan King really be it? Earlier, Oliver Hoffman, head of technology development at Audi, recently revealed that Audi is planning a performance-based version. Perhaps, the RS 6 Avant e-tron will not be a dream.
Under the prevalence of SUV, the electric vehicle strategy formulated by various car manufacturers is mostly locked in SUV models, which are relatively weak and the selection of station wagons is even weaker, and among the electric vehicles that have been put on sale, only Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo is a station wagon configuration. Even Audi, which is credited as an expert in station wagons, has yet to have an electric station wagon on the market. However, in March 2022, Audi based on the PPE platform, created a version of the A6 e-tron station wagon - A6 Avant e-tron, by continuing the line ratio from A6 e-tron, coupled with the consistent smooth shape of the Audi station wagon, so that fans who like station wagons are shocked, it turns out that in the era of electric vehicles, there are still American wagon choices.
At that time, Audi implanted the A6 Avant with a front and rear dual motor electric four-wheel drive system with 469 horsepower and 81.6 kg of torque comprehensive output, which has the performance strength of 0-100 km/h acceleration within 4 seconds and endurance exceeding 700 km. Such output data, in the layout of Audi for the A6 Avant car series, mainly plays the role of the flagship of the car series. However, even with such performance, Audi does not set it as S6 or RS 6, it still belongs to the A6 series, that is, it is not classified as sporty or high-performance vehicles.
Oliver Hoffman, Audi's head of technology development, gave enthusiastic fans a "hope." Oliver Hoffman mentioned in an interview with Top Gear a few days ago that since the power output of the PPE platform can vary, Audi also evaluated and planned the possibility of performance models when developing the A6 e-tron family. The most well-known performance car of Audi is the RS 4 Avant, RS 6 Avant and other high-performance station wagons, which have both symbolic historical classics, extremely aggressive appearance and interior design, as well as exciting high-performance output performance and handling fun.
Since Audi is already planning and evaluating the performance version of the A6 e-tron, Oliver Hoffman believes that the A6 e-tron series must have a performance model. If there really is a performance version of the A6 e-tron family in the future, and Audi already has plans for RS high-performance electric vehicles, the RS 6 Avant e-tron may be the best choice.