German automaker Audi is set to unveil its new technology concept car, Audi Sport quattro laserlight, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, US.
The Audi Sport quattro Laserlight concept is based on the classic Sport quattro of 1983, and features plug-in hybrid drives, user control and display interfaces and lighting technology.
The new vehicle will feature a plug-in hybrid drive that offers a system output of 515 kW (700 hp), and system torque of 800 Nm (590.05 lb-ft).
Audi Sport quattro laserlight is also equipped with a four-liter V8 engine with bi-turbo charging which offers 412 kW (560 hp) of power and 700 Nm (516.29 lb-ft) of torque.
Driver of the new car can switch between three different modes using an intelligent management system.
It also features a combination of matrix LED and laser light technologies. The headlights feature two low-profile trapezoidal elements including the outer ring which provides the low beam using matrix LEDs, and the inner which uses laser light technology for the high beam.
The laser light technology can provide twice the lighting range and three times the luminosity of LED high beam units. The luxury carmaker also plans to use the technology on its R18 e-tron quattro race car.
Steering wheel of the new car has two buttons which the driver can use to control the hybrid drive. The two buttons are a red start-stop button to control the Audi drive select vehicle handling system and a View button to control the Audi virtual cockpit.
