Roadjets Future

Audi seems set on chasing Mercedes with more and more niche models and has followed up the Lamborghini V10 engined S8 with the S6, a similarly equipped hot rod based on the steel bodied A6 saloon. The 5.2 litre engine has slightly less power in the smaller car 420bhp compared with 450. Roadjet would seem an appropriate name for one of these super high performance saloons but has actually been applied to a smaller, taller and less powerful concept car, which sits between the A4 and A6. This is part hatchback and part estate wagon as well as 3.2 litre V6 engine developing 300 bhp and a seven speed DSG gearbox, has such indispensable features as a built in expresso coffee machine. Audi may produce something like this but is tight lipped about whether it will be designated A5 or be known as the A4 Liftback or some such. Audi and Lamborghini will be in the race.