Audi Avantissimo

The Audi Avantissimo was a concept car made by Audi that debuted at the 2001 Frankfurt Motor Show and was shown again at the 2002 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Audi planned it as a luxurious, high performance estate about the size of its A8 flagship, and many of its styling cues appear on the 2002 Audi A8. It used a twin turbocharged 4.2 litre V8 producing about 316 kW (430 PS) and 600 N m of torque, an engine later seen in production form in the first Audi RS 6, together with an aluminium structure, a six speed automatic gearbox and quattro four wheel drive. A glass roof with photovoltaic cells powered the cabin ventilation while the car was parked, and the car previewed technology that reached the production A8, among it the Multi Media Interface and adaptive air suspension.