The new Audi concept is equipped with laser lights

Dynamic design, fantastic power and many electronic innovations: Audi specialists will present the Sport quattro car, which seems to come from the future, on January 6 at CES 2014, which opens its doors in Las Vegas (USA).

The concept is Audi’s new showroom, reflecting the company’s vision of the car of the future and the technologies being developed and developed. The new model has many features in common with the legendary Audi Sport quattro, which also began its “career” in 1983 as a demonstration car.

The creators of the new vision hope that the new fruit of their creation will not only repeat the success of its predecessor, but also become a technological roadmap in various fields of technology.

The Sport quattro was already presented to Europeans at the Frankfurt Motor Show last autumn.

The new Audi concept is an eye-catching red sports coupé that reproduces the appearance of the legendary Sport quattro and complements it with modern design solutions, such as the huge R21 wheels and the huge wheel arches that accommodate them, as well as small protrusions behind the front and rear axles that underline the current sportiness. Body length – 4602 mm; width – 1964 mm, height – 1386 mm and wheelbase – 2784 mm. These body proportions clearly demonstrate that before us is a wide but low sports car of the future.

The main highlight of the front are the recognizable Quattro-style dual headlights with segmented matrix LEDs and laser light sources. The Matrix LED system emits low beam, while the laser emits high beam.

Laser light sources are very small: their diameter is only a few microns. However, the light element they consist of reliably forms a homogeneous light beam up to 500 m long, which is 3 times brighter and illuminates twice the distance compared to currently used LED high beams. This lighting technology is borrowed from the R18 e-tron quattro racing car that just made its debut.

The relationship with the legendary Sport quattro is betrayed by the angular and set-back rear pillars. The broad-shouldered body, sitting on huge wheels, simply radiates unbridled power and dynamism. The special combination of sharp edges and shiny surfaces gives the car a compact and athletic appearance.

The single-frame hexagonal radiator grille between the innovative lights accentuates the front of the car and at the same time gives an idea of ​​how the next generation of Audi sports models will look from the front. The lower part of the grille is almost vertical, while the upper part takes the shape of the bonnet. The grille itself is slightly narrower than usual – this design decision emphasizes the width of the car.

The main highlights of the rear are the wide fenders and the recognizable tapered tailgate.

The rear bumper is interestingly complemented by a sporty diffuser with honeycomb grille and two massive oval tailpipes. The square rear lights are another highlight of the Sport quattro’s legendary design. The trunk, reinforced with the rigidity beams typical of racing cars, can hold up to 300 liters of cargo.

The exterior of the Audi Sport quattro laser light concept is full of interesting and clever little design details, like an automatic door handle that helpfully retracts when sensors detect the driver’s hand reaching to open.

All the most important information is displayed on the large TFT screen of the Audi Information Computer, which functions like a dashboard. This computer with the most advanced Tegra 30 processor was developed in collaboration between specialists Audi and Nvidia. You can choose one of the two main operating modes of your computer. In MMI mode, navigation maps and playlists are displayed, while in normal mode, the car’s speedometer and standard readouts are displayed.

Almost all functions of the Audi Sport quattro laserlight concept can be controlled via the additional MMI terminal in the center console. Its main means of control is a large rotary and push controller with touch surface. Additional function buttons are conveniently placed next to the controller.