[Auto] Audi A7 Sportback

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There are many ways to approach an analysis on the new Audi A7 Sportback. The most obvious is to face the design side: it's a sedan for the E-segment (large), but its Fastback body gives it a unique and spectacular personality. If you are looking for a more or less discreet luxury car, buy the A6: in the A7 Sportback you will never go unnoticed

Another way to approach this note could be very materialistic: talk about the price. The A7 Sportback starts at $ 150,000, but this unit with the S-Line package totals $ 159,740. A beautiful silver mountain.

However, its most characteristic feature goes almost unnoticed. It doesn't even figure in the model name. It's about its mechanics.

This A7 Sportback 55 TFSi Quattro has a turbocharged V6 3.0 engine (340 hp and 500 Nm), but it is also Mild-Hybrid. This means that it is a "soft hybrid". Read technical explanation.

In the coming months, we will see the arrival in Argentina of many soft hybrids. There will be everything from small citycars (see Fiat 500 BSG) to huge pick-ups (see Ram 1500).

In September of last year, Audi pioneered bringing Mild-Hybrid vehicles to Argentina. In just a few weeks, the new A6 Sedan, A7 Sportback, A8 L and Q8 went on sale. This year, the “soft hybrid” range was further expanded, with the arrival of the brand new A6 Allroad and A4 Sedan.

Today Audi has, by far, the most extensive family of this type of model in Argentina. But how about a Mild-Hybrid? The full review will be published next week.