Elsewhere within the vary, there might be a alternative of extra performance-oriented dual-motor set-ups and efficiency-minded, rear-driven variants providing 0-62mph occasions starting from “well under” 4sec to 7sec.

A promised electrical Audi RS6 Avant successor might pack greater than 600bhp, as previewed by the technically related Porsche Macan EV. 

In this utility, the PPE platform accommodates a circa-100kWh floor-mounted battery that offers a claimed 435 miles of vary and might cost at a fee of 270kW to achieve 186 miles of vary from a 10-minute top-up.

Because the battery is sited flat and organized throughout the chassis, the sooner idea model of the A6 Avant E-tron is alleged to supply broadly comparable inside dimensions and cargo capability to the present A6 –  a trait that can seemingly carry over to the manufacturing automobile.

However, product advertising boss Niko Martens stated EV platforms will finally “give more leeway and flexibility, not just in the trunk [boot] but also up the front for a potential frunk”.

Importantly, the electrical idea reveals how the longer wheelbase afforded by an EV platform permits for extra leg room within the entrance and rear.

The A6 Avant E-tron measures 4960mm lengthy, 1960mm extensive and 1440mm tall, which makes it roughly the identical measurement as its ICE forebear.