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With the future Audi A7, the Ingolstadt company is preparing to fill the gap between the A6 and the A8, but also between sedan and Avant. A five-seter model, featuring Audi’s language design previewed by the Sportback Concept back in January, the A7 Sportback will be sold in three different version: the standard A7, a more powerful S7, and the top of the line RS7.

Under the hood of the future A7, Audi will use three different direct gasoline injection engines including a 2.8 Liter FSI and 3.0 Liter TFSI V6s as well as a 4.0 Liter TFSI V8. The alternatively fueled diesel options include a 2.7 Liter V6 and both turbocharged and twin-turbocharged versions of the existing 3.0 Liter TDI V6.

The S7 version will use the same naturally aspirated 5.2L V10 engine from the S6 that delivers 435 hp at 6,800 rpm and 398 lb.-ft of torque. The S7 will be capable of an estimated top speed of 185 mph (but most likely will be electronically limited to 155 mph).

Audi S7 Sportback rendering originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 23 October 2009 15:00 EST.

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This spy video of an Audi A7 getting caught doing some road testing was interesting in its own right, but what really got our attention was one car that was accompanying the A7 in its testing joyride.

Unless our eyes are deceiving us, isn’t that black car on the tail of the camouflaged A7 a BMW? As a matter of fact, it looks a lot like a BMW 7-Series!

It wouldn’t have been a big deal for us if those two brands aren’t the fiercest of rivals, but they actually are, which leads to the sight of a BMW 7-Series helping out an Audi A7 in its testing look a little odd – to say the least. It`s like a Ford Mustang helping out a Chevy Camaro and you know that would never happen.

Anyway, the A7 is expected to be the next-generation version of the A6 and will be competing with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, the Porsche Panamera, the Aston Martin Rapide, and the aforementioned BMW 7-Series when it makes its market debut in the latter part of this year.

Video: Audi A7 does road testing…with a BMW 7-Series? originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 2 February 2010 09:00 EST.

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