Audi has a new concept automobile that gives us a clear look at an electric SUV production model due on sale in 2021. It’s called the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron Concept and, as per the brand’s recognized naming conventions, it’ll become a ‘Sportback’ coupe-SUV variant of the regular Q4 e-tron.
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The Q4 e-tron is set to be the first Audi to launch on the VW Group’s MEB platform for electric vehicles, the Sportback version will be a slightly sportier sibling for Q4 e-tron with both automobiles rivalling the Tesla model Y.
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Both versions of the Q4 e-tron will be on sale next year, and Audi says it is revealing the Q4 Sportback e-tron in concept form for now to give potential customers an early chance to decide which version they choose before purchase books open.
With the Q4 Sportback e-tron, Audi has tweaked the original design of the Q4 e-tron into a compact coupe-SUV. It will join a growing line-up of such models in the brand’s range, such as the full-size e-tron Sportback EV and combustion powered automobiles like the Q3 Sportback and upcoming Q5 Sportback.
Design and technology
The main changes on the Sportback version are, predictably, all found at the rear of the car. The conventional C-pillar on the Q4 e-tron has been removed, and the roofline arches in a single continuous crescent from the front axle to the very rear of the car, to give the Q4 Sportback e-tron a fastback style look.