Audi Q6 E-tron Spied With More Agressive Bumper And Fender Vents, Is It An ‘S’?

We’ve seen numerous camouflage-covered prototypes of the Q6 e-tron electrical SUV Audi will reveal later this yr, however this one is a bit completely different. It seems prefer it might be one of many inevitable S and RS efficiency variations you don’t must be a soothsayer to know Audi have to be engaged on for 2024 and past.

Nearly each earlier picture of the Q6, whether or not one among our spy photographs, one among Audi’s official teaser photographs of a camo-wrapped automotive, or the spy picture we printed in March 2022 of the EV fully undisguised, has proven the identical design of bumper with a trapezoidal decrease air consumption. However these newest photographs clearly present a Q6 with a wholly completely different decrease bumper.

This time the decrease grille is inverted, making a smiley face, however what’s most likely much more vital is that the grille mesh has a sporty hexagon-style sample, which suggests it’s a efficiency model. That concept is backed up by new entrance fenders that appear to be flared to create a vent (whether or not actual or faux) the place the fender meets the entrance door.

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Clearly, if this was a combustion-powered Audi we’d have the ability to take a peek on the type of exhaust tailpipes to assist us out, however we don’t have that luxurious when snooping on future EVs. There are different clues, nonetheless, together with the brakes, whose monobloc calipers and rotors look a lot larger on this automotive, and it’s potential that Audi’s engineers painted the calipers in a muted shade to throw us off the path.

The Q6 e-tron pictured here’s a trad SUV form, however we all know from earlier sightings that it’ll even be obtainable as a Sportback that includes a sloping tail that may most likely sacrifice some headroom and baggage capability for type factors. However each variations will get the identical split-headlight entrance finish and experience on the identical 800-volt PPE structure shared with the upcoming Porsche Macan EV.

Porsche has already confirmed that the most popular Macan will make 603 hp (450 kW / 612 PS) and 737+ lb-ft (1,000+ Nm) of torque from its dual-motor drivetrain, and it’s potential that an RSQ6 might come near these numbers utilizing the identical primary parts. The SQ6, although nonetheless geared up with twin motors and all-wheel drive, will intention decrease, maybe coming nearer to the 470 hp (350 kW / 476 PS) and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque generated by the Audi A6 e-tron wagon idea.

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