A new competitor coming

[RedStallion]

Would you trade Mach-E for Audi Active Sphere? It looks cool with lots of gadgets.

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[JohnFoxeSheets]

Hmmm, IMHO it looks a bit like a cockroach from the side...

 

[Blue highway]

Looks cool - I wonder if I'd recognize the version that come to production... I suspect not.

 

[RedOctobrrr]

lol at the bikes on the liftgate-ish thing. So you drive with the back wide open in order to do that?

Love the approach, the glass back sliding up over the top and the liftgate thing, but there's no way that makes it to production.

 

[minders]

I can only imagine how expensive it would be if it actually made it to production! Doubt it'd be less than $150k. I'd definitely want to see it in person, but after having suicide doors on the BMW i3 it wouldn't interest me as much. I also wouldn't like the VR headset controls. Neat looking, tho!

https://www.driving.co.uk/news/audi...es-vr-headsets-in-place-of-interior-controls/

 

[Jax_GT]

I’d absolutely buy one if it was $110k or less. Probably gonna start $135k and spec up to $200k.
Also hope the production form is similar, but we’ll see.

 

[mateo]

lol at the bikes on the liftgate-ish thing. So you drive with the back wide open in order to do that?

Love the approach, the glass back sliding up over the top and the liftgate thing, but there's no way that makes it to production.

He mentions that the back closes to seal the cabin. You can see it around 3:05. Looks like the lower half folds up and then glass comes up.

Plenty of interesting concepts in the car. I wouldn't want to own something that complicated until it was about the 10th generation.

 

[mkhuffman]

The inside is hideous. The outside is very, very cool.

This is the kind of car I would want (with a better interior): sports car that can go off road. I have a sweet spot for the Rivian R1S, but it isn't quite there yet. Like the Audi, the range is not good enough. The max pack R1S will come eventually, but this Audi won't have that kind of range. Which will pretty much remove it from my short list, even if they fix the interior.

 

[DustyShades]

I wouldn’t say a concept car is a competitor or count on it ever coming

 

[Jimrpa]

Not very attractive. The XR interface probably won’t make it into production. Ditto the foldaway controls. Not sure how you do those and still include safety features like airbags. Also, this thing is huge. About 200” long!

 

[macchiaz-o]

Not very attractive.

I agree. The headrest should be taller.

 

[mkhuffman]

I agree. The headrest should be taller.

There is no way I will be wearing anything that looks that stupid.

 

[vortix]

Not my cup of tea, but bring on the competition! The more the merrier, looking forward to advancements in tech and price decreases as EV production ramps up.

 

[Jimrpa]

I agree. The headrest should be taller.

Actually, I meant those VR glasses - they look like something a stoned 1970s Elton John would wear. But yeah, the interior is a disaster as well - it continues the 1970s with a Poconos “Love Lodge” vibe, while the exterior looks like a prop from a bad 1970s post apocalyptic 1970s sci if movie.

 

[sgriffin130]

lol at the bikes on the liftgate-ish thing. So you drive with the back wide open in order to do that?

Love the approach, the glass back sliding up over the top and the liftgate thing, but there's no way that makes it to production.

I believe he said you can close off the rear to prevent intrusion of dirt, wind, etc. Still, I agree, long way from production. I can't imagine what the price tag would be on this.

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