Besides lots of electronics highlights and exhibits, Audi will also show sophisticated innovations in series production cars and studies at CES. The Audi prologue piloted driving showcar provides a glimpse of the future, while the Audi TT Roadster*, AudiRS 7 Sportback* and Audi R8 LMX* demonstrate high-tech solutions available today. In addition, CES visitors can experience the interface concept and the connectivity of the new Q7 which will see its world premiere one week later in Detroit.
Heralding a new design era: the Audi prologue piloted driving showcar The Audi prologue piloted driving show car is a focus at CES. It not only stands for a new design era, but also integrates many innovations in the areas of connectivity, infotainment and user interface which Audi will be showing at 2015 CES. In this connection, this show car’s laser matrix headlights and perimeter sensorics will demonstrate how the car of the future will become ever more of an assistant to its occupants. After all, the Audi prologue piloted driving stands for the state of technology, which includes piloted driving. A novel laser scanner, several video cameras, ultrasound sensors mounted out of sight and front and rear sensors, themselves invisible, all cooperate in data capture. The central controller known as zFAS (zentrales Fahrerassistenzsteuergerät, central driver assistance controller) is the keystone of piloted driving. This compact master unit calculates a comprehensive impression of the car’s perimeter based on the signals provided by the scanners, the camera and the sensors. At a length of 5.10 meters (16.7 ft), a wheelbase of 2.94 meters (9.6 ft), a width of 1.95 meters (6.4 ft) and a height of 1.39 meters (4.6 ft) the large luxury-class two-door coupé the Audi prologue is somewhat shorter and lower than today’s production A8*. A single frame integrated into the vehicle architecture and bearing the Four Rings dominates its low-slung front end.
400 hp power output, from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in 3.7 seconds, top speed of up to 280 km/h (174.0 mph): With the new aluminum five-cylinder engine, the TT RS Coupé* and TT RS Roadster* deliver outstanding performance. Available for the first time in a series-production Audi: Matrix OLED rear lights. Like the Audi virtual cockpit and the comprehensive infotainment range, they once again stand for “Vorsprung durch Technik.”
*The fuel consumption and emissions values of all models available on the German market and named in this text are listed in the last chapter of this basic information document