Auto Expo 2016: Audi Displays 'Signature' prologue Concept Car

Audi prologue is one of the many concept cars to be showcased at the ongoing 2016 Auto Expo. Audi's concept car, a two-door coupe, "expresses the technological competence and quality claim of the brand perfectly". The German carmaker with four rings first presented the prologue concept at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, which marks the beginning of a new Audi design language for both exterior and interior.

Audi prologue Front

The Audi prologue measures 5.10 meters in length, 1.95 meters in width, 1.39 meters in height and sports a wheelbase of 2.94 meters. One of the most noticeable feature is the Singleframe with four rings integrated into the car's architecture. It also gets a large radiator grille, diamond pattern cross bars, wide head-lights with high-resolution Matrix laser technology, and flared wheel arches.

At the rear, Audi prologue gets a trunk lid that also functions as a spoiler, long LED tail-lights with 3D glass, a diffuser made of glossy black aluminum with two integrated trapezoid inlets.

Audi prologue Rear

Strictly speaking in terms of interior design, think taut lines and lean geometric forms. With that being said the Audi prologue concept car's interior is based on Gran Turismo design; it features display and control surfaces integrated into the instrument panel.

It also an innovative intelligent software program, deemed the "butler" that identifies passengers based on their smartphones and adjusts the seats and climate control system according to their preferences. Additionally, it also makes recommendations for music and route planning in accordance to the owner's preferences. There's also a special mechanism that networks passengers' smartphones to the vehicle infotainment system and charges them.

Moving on to the technology, Audi prologue gets the 4.0 TFSI biturbo V8, which puts out 597bhp along with 700Nm of torque. Interestingly, the driver can call up for a boosted torque of 750Nm for nearly 15 seconds via overboost mode. Audi prologue can go from 0Km/h 100Km/h in just 3.7 seconds.

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