Audi Pikes Peak quattro

The Audi Pikes Peak quattro was a sport utility vehicle concept car from Audi, first introduced at the 2003 North American International Auto Show as the first of three concepts that year, before the Nuvolari quattro and the Le Mans quattro. It was named for the Pikes Peak hillclimb in the Rocky Mountains, where the Audi Quattro and Sport Quattro took overall wins and records in the 1980s. Developed in about five months, it borrowed axle assemblies and air suspension technology from the Volkswagen Touareg and the Audi A8, with a four level system that changed ride height from 7 to 11 inches, plus an all carbon fibre body and exterior cameras that helped the driver on and off road. A twin turbocharged 4.2 litre FSI V8 gave 368 kW (500 PS) through a six speed tiptronic gearbox and quattro four wheel drive, and the design was developed into the production Audi Q7.