A4 Allroad Quattro
Audi H-tron Quattro - image courtesy Audi
I don't know what I'm more enthused about The A4 Allroad Quattro or the H-tron Quattro concept that Audi showed last week at NAIAS.
First up, since its actually being readied for sale, lets talk about the A4 Allroad Quattro. Its name implies what the brand has done well for a while. Performance oriented all wheel drive that can take you anywhere in any weather with confidence. Add in the versatility of it being built on a wagon body instead of SUV you retain the nimble handling and ride quality of a car, not a truck/SUV thingy.
To build the Allroad Audi does a lot of tweaks and upgrades to the body and suspension to handle the higher ground clearance...not that you need it for off roading, but rather you don't have the old snow plow effect in winter driving that you get with a lower car.
The other car of significance is the H-tron Quattro building on the E-tron Quattro unveiled here in Los Angeles in November. This car is a significant upgrade over the E-tron as it uses a hydrogen fuel cell for electricity generation. The upgrade comes in much further range, 350+ miles between fill ups that take only 4 minutes. Build the infrastructure to support and this is a better and more viable option to the EV. Having already driven an A7 H-tron I can tell you this is going to be an amazing machine.
More pics by me from the NAIAS show in Detroit in my flickr album.
Full press release on the A4 Allroad Quattro and the H-tron Quattro after the jump.
