Audi is most likely hoping that the world’s motorists will yield to the tempting lines of the A7 Sportback, which fills the gap between the A6 and the flagship A8. Looking very much like the Sportback concept car that Audi introduced at the Detroit auto show in 2009, the A7 Sportback belies its hatchback configuration with long curving lines, a round nose, a low silhouette and a tapered rear that slants forward in a manner that Audi designers describe as reminiscent of Italian cars of the 1960s. The lightweight body, Audi says, includes the use of “numerous aluminum components” in its construction.

NT Times