Gadgetory

this is the Audi prologue and Audi says this is a new era of exterior design they think will Express technology on the outside of the car not just on the inside like they've been doing leather admirably lately now I'm not sure the outside of the car says tech to me but it definitely says two things power because it's wider more muscular has these haunches around it it also says Quattro because it really emphasizes the bulges around the wheels that of course then underline Audi's all-wheel drive Quattro system the power plants being expected a relatively conventional fashion in terms of architecture a four liter twin-turbo v8 what's interesting is they're also talking about introducing a 48 volt electrical subsystem alongside the conventional 12 volt that 48 volt subsystem is tied into a mild hybrid system where it basically uses the belt for the starter generator to kind of recap the engine and also add a little more torque now let this going on inside this car a couple of interesting themes first of all we have this all video instrument panel all virtual we've seen that in the latest TT but notice here they've got 3d depth you'll see some animations there of both information on the wings and also your driving path is rolled out in a 3d representation down and deep in the center now along here this entire band if you look carefully it's going through different video modes video screen video screen video screen all of this is video and touch there's hardly a knob or button in this entire vehicle just a couple of stalks around the wheel and some shift paddles what's interesting here is Audi says by getting rid of buttons they have not forced you into lots of stacked menus that can be a real drag instead they're surfacing a lot of functions in kind of a dedicated zone here's our last treat right here this is a flexible OLED panel that powers up and tilts to your hand when you start the vehicle I'm not sure why it needs to be up and down and can't be up all the time but it's pretty cool now the Prolog is technically a concept car but if you look at it it's kind of missing a lot of the concept cues there no gullwing doors no rear cameras instead of side mirrors this looks like a relatively producible car howdy says this is going to fairly soon start to inform the look of their models so get ready for the future of their look a wider grille a beef your stance on the road