Petrol-powered Audi A6 will become A7 as combustion Audis gain odd numbers; E-tron branding to be downplayed
Hoffmann said:"It is to have a clear structure for our customers. In the B-segment today, we have the Q5, and you could say that there is a Q5 ICE and we would bring the Q5 E-tron, maybe, but we decided we would have a clear strategy for our model line-up.
"One example is the A6. The A6 is a car which is in our core segment, and we will show that with the upcoming A6 E-tron. This is our main model in the C-segment, and the future is fully electric, so therefore we decided to give the even numbers to the BEV cars." Asked if this new system means Audi can drop the E-tron suffix it has used for electrified cars since 2009, Hoffmann said:"In the future, A6 will be clear as the battery-electric vehicle. It will be the A6 E-tron, like the Q6 E-tron, but if anyone says 'this is the Q6', you know it is the battery-electric vehicle. You don't have to use the E-tron badge, or ICE badge."
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