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Audi Crosslane Coupe hybrid previews future Q-series SUVs

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The Audi Crosslane Coupe concept has been unveiled at the 2012 Paris motor show, hinting at the design language likely for future Q model SUVs.

An evolutionary development of Audi ultra – the German manufacturer’s lightweight construction principle – sees the Audi Crosslane Coupe’s frame combine aluminium, carbonfibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) to achieve a weight of 1390kg, including the hybrid’s 17.4 kWh lithium-ion battery.

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The concept’s plug-in hybrid powertrain combines a purpose-designed
 95kW/200Nm 1.5-litre three-cylinder TFSI petrol engine and two electric motors to deliver 130kW of power while returning impressive efficiency figures of 1.1 liters per 100km and 26 grams per kilometre of CO2, as well as an EV-only range of about 86km.

Audi says the Crosslane Coupe will sprint from 0-100km/h in 8.6 seconds in hybrid mode and 9.8 seconds in pure electric mode with a top speed of 182km/h also possible.

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Despite the Audi Crosslane’s two-door 2+2 format it measures in at 4210mm long, 1880mm wide and 1510mm high – 175mm shorter, 49mm wider and 80mm lower than an Audi Q3.

Interior space is also a flexible with a removable CFRP roof that weighs less than 10kg and an adjustable boot that can be modified to swallow the car’s own targa-style roof.

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A single-frame grille, trapezoidal LED headlights, large air intakes and two narrow openings in the bonnet make up the front end ahead of coupe’s low greenhouse that tapers into a flat C-pillar at the rear where the tail-lights, that echo the shapes of the front, are divided by the Audi badge on the boot lid. An aluminum diffuser sitting below the exhaust outlets completes the rear end.

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The interior elements are again dominated by CFRP and aluminium, including the electrically adjustable front sport seats, providing a clean and futuristic ambience for passengers.

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The Audi Crosslane Coupe also features advanced access to online services such as Twitter and Facebook under the brand’s Audi connect technology and the completely new addition of ‘Escape Manager’ that allows passengers to review and comment on the routes they are travelling.

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  • Daniel

    I am so bored of this segment. I don’t really have a problem with them existing, but what gets me about these compact-coupe-SUVs is that they’re specifically meant to be cool and trendy but they are SO uncool. I think they look pretty lame actually. It’s just my opinion, but I think this is a pretty boring direction for cars to be going in. 

    • Weatherbey

      Are they specifically meant to be cool and trendy …? I would have thought the opposite. At least “cool and trendy” would have been the furthest from my mind. I bought an SUV as a matter of practicality and it’s been absolutely great so far, moving my washing machine, helping out with gear at a wedding, whatever. Hate station wagons (used to own one), wouldn’t drive a ute. More in this direction please.

      • Dave W

        Well, to be fair, I think the Evoque is pretty darn cool.

        • Guest

          Yawn…. Evoque is boring and has already dated. So few on the road. Not such a big seller in Ozland.

          • Noddy of Toyland

            I beg to differ on both counts. I see them very often for a premium SUV, more than X3s or Q5s.

      • Norm

        Agreed. The only way is up. Vehicles with practical ride heights and packaging are the future. [And increasingly the present]

        They don’t have to be SUVs of course but unfortunately at the moment that’s the only class they seem to come in. Any manufacturer who builds a practical and upright vehicle that isn’t an SUV is met with howls of disapproval…it’s ugly….it’s boxy!

        What this is is an Audi HRV …:) A great and bold little concept which Honda built years ago who’s day has cometh again.

        A small upright all wheel drive urban vehicle with clever and spacious interior like the Jazz would be brill.

        Skoda do it brilliantly with the Yeti – but it ain’t cheap here. Pity.

        • davie

           increased ride height was a standard feature of the cars of the past. The original 1948 holden and other cars of the era were much higher off the ground than modern cars. I guess they were expected to handle off road conditions just as much as the few sealed roads that existed back then.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=587716032 Jason Hall

    Not sure I see any clue as to the future design language of Audi here – take away the motor show bling and it’s another boring same-again Audi.

  • Zaccy16

    To angular for my liking

    • APSV

      Agreed. Too boxy and too many sharp lines that don’t really work. Overstyled and will date quickly.

  • Dave W

    From the grille in the thumbnail, I thought it was a new Veloster based SUV from Hyundai.

  • Andrew

    The C Pillar reminds me of the C Pillar on the S1. Come on Audi, just build the Quatro Coupe that was a prototype a couple of years back!!

  • Arkitek

    Audi’s gone Suzuki one this one.

  • Wile E Coyote

    Looks more American and Japanese than Euro

  • Andy

    Oh dear. Looks like Audi’s lost its way.