- Audi is creating a brand new A7 with each sedan and wagon physique types
- The brand new A7 will debut in early 2025 and sure arrive as a 2026 mannequin within the U.S.
- Audi is probably going to make use of the PPC platform for the brand new A7, which helps fuel and plug-in hybrid powertrains
The Audi A6 has been turned into an electrical automobile however Audi followers in search of a gas-powered midsize sedan will nonetheless have an possibility sooner or later.
The automaker is cooking up a brand new A7 sedan for the section and a camouflaged prototype has been noticed.
The present A7 is obtainable completely as a liftback, besides in China the place a stretched A7 sedan can also be out there. For the following era, there can be each a sedan and a wagon, and this time the sedan must be supplied globally.
Prototypes for the new A7 wagon, a physique model Audi calls the Avant, have additionally been noticed within the current previous.
2026 Audi A7 sedan spy photographs – Picture by way of Baldauf
The primary members of the brand new A7 vary are set to debut early subsequent yr, Audi confirmed in November. These members that attain the U.S. ought to arrive as 2026 fashions. Along with the sedan, the wagon must also attain the U.S., although maybe solely in high-performance RS 7 Avant and soft-roader A7 Allroad guises.
Audi hasn’t talked about particular particulars for the brand new A7, however anticipate the automaker to make use of Volkswagen Group’s PPC (Premium Platform Combustion) platform designed for premium automobiles with fuel and plug-in hybrid powertrains. The platform made its debut within the new Audi A5.
The prototype for the A7 reveals a sportier, extra sculpted design than the outgoing A6. A big, protruding grille sits up entrance, whereas on the rear are extensive, muscular hips that seem to combine aspect vents under the taillights. Apparently, it seems to be like Audi additionally plans a return to uncovered exhaust ideas, although solely on one aspect of the rear fascia within the common fashions.
2026 Audi A7 sedan spy photographs – Picture by way of Baldauf
Within the cabin, there’ll doubtless be digital screens galore, as seen within the newest Audis just like the A5 and Q5 in addition to the A6 E-Tron and Q6 E-Tron. For anybody with a dislike for touchscreens, AI-backed voice instructions will be capable to study the motive force’s preferences and method of talking for nearly any process that usually requires display enter.
The brand new A7 vary can be among the many final Audis to function fuel engines because the automaker has confirmed it should solely launch electrical automobiles after 2026.
Additionally out testing is a redesigned Q7 midsize SUV which can also be anticipated to supply fuel and plug-in hybrid powertrains.
