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When asked if Audi’s next electric car, the Q4 e-tron, would be a smash hit in Australia, local Director Jeff Mannering confidently said “Of course”.

Audi has confirmed that just 22 examples of its hardcore RS6 Avant GT wagon are coming to Australia.

Let’s talk sleepers. In fact, what is a sleeper car? In the motoring world, a sleeper is a vehicle that hides its performance potential from the world, only revealing its true potential when the driver nails the throttle.

Audi's A6 is going all electric, ditching petrol-power for the next-gen luxury sedan and wagon.

Can you hear what’s coming over the horizon? Probably not, because it’s a swathe of near-silent Electric Vehicles (EVs), set to supersede the bog-standard gas-guzzling Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) car within the next decade or two. 

Audi has revealed its new A4 sedan and wagon, but not as you know it.The German brand has changed the name of the A4 to A5. The next A4 will be an electric car, as will all future even numbered Audi vehicles and odd numbers are reserved for those with petrol or hybrid power.So the new A4 is now the new A5.It is available in sedan and wagon form and is built on the brand’s new Premium Platform Combustion architecture.Both body styles are longer and wider than before and feature updated styling.It has a low slung body with larger wheels and wheelbase - the distance between the front and rear wheels - that give it more luxury appeal.Dynamic LED lighting front and back is paired with a reworked front grille and rear end.All versions will feature mild hybrid technology and there will be performance focused S variants.The standard A5 will be available with the choice of petrol or diesel power.A 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine is available in two tunes that pump out either 110kW and 150kW. Both are paired with a dual-clutch auto (with as-yet unknown number of ratios) and all-wheel drive is optional on the more potent variant.A 2.0-litre turbo diesel motor makes 150kW and 400Nm, again matched to a dual-clutch auto and the option of either front or all-wheel drive.The S5 uses a 3.0-litre V6 turbo-petrol engine to make 270kW sent to all four wheels via a dual-clutch auto.There are a range of tech updates such as a giant 14.5-inch multimedia touchscreen and an 11.9-inch digital cockpit. There is also an optional 10.9-inch display for the front seat passenger.Audi is expected to add a plug-in hybrid version at a later date. That model pairs an efficient petrol engine with a sizeable battery and an electric motor to deliver a driving range of up to 100km.

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Audi is changing the way it names its cars. Kicking off with the new Audi Q6 e-tron electric car, Audi will ditch the numerical references  to power outputs (such as 30 TFSI or 40 TDI) that defined which variant was which, as well as altering the assignment of model numbers like ‘A4’ or ‘Q5’ depending on drivetrain.

This is the future... of Audi, at least. It's not so much the Q6 e-tron itself, but what's under it. The 'Premium Platform Electric' which it rides on will underpin future Audi models as well as others from Porsche, which co-developed it.

If you're even slightly interested in electric cars, chances are you've heard that solid state batteries are the future, coming to save us from range anxiety and the slow decline in power retention that current lithium-ion batteries face.But that might no