Thursday, August 25, 2011

For the next Audi A2 will develop a new modular platform

The company plans to use the Audi A2 car for the next generation is not an all-aluminum body, like its predecessor, and a new design called Multimaterial Space Frame (MSF), which will be simultaneously used steel, aluminum and carbon fiber reinforced plastic. The car also will receive a new modular platform - it is expected to then be used for all future Audi, A4 starting and ending Q7. It is reported by Autocar citing its own sources. According to the official edition, Audi A2 will be the next generation of German high-tech car brand, which will be used the most recent developments of the company. In addition, also like its predecessor, this machine will produce small print runs. Autocar source also said that the engineers have done a lot of the task model A2 as low as possible. It is expected that the new product will weigh about 800 kilograms, or about 95 pounds lighter predecessor. As previously reported, the new Audi A2 initially be offered only with an electric motor. Later he was joined by petrol and diesel versions, among which are four-cylinder engines and establishing the model A1. Appearance of the car will be done in a similar style to its predecessor, but in terms of size A2 will be a little more minicar VW Up! and hatchback Audi A1. It is expected that the second generation of Audi A2 will present next year, but in January this year, the head of design department at Audi Wolfgang Egger said that the project for the production of the car while suspended. Production of the first A2 was completed in 2005. Due to the high cost of maintenance and body repair this car used a very low demand - the release of six years has sold just over 175,000 of these machines.

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