The new Audi Skysphere concept has a shape-shifting design that offers two distinct driving experiences.
MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA - It’s a conundrum that many premium carmakers have faced when creating a new product - do they make it small and sporty, or larger and more luxurious? The Audi Skysphere concept, revealed in Monterey this week, attempts to solve this conundrum with a shape-shifting design that offers two distinct driving experiences.
Thanks to a series of body and chassis components that can slide into one another at the touch of a button, the Audi Skysphere concept can vary its wheelbase by 250mm. In Sports mode the vehicle measures 4.94 metres and sits 10mm lower to the ground, but when the owner no longer feels like driving, the touch of a button transforms it into a 5.19m autonomous vehicle. In this ‘Grand Touring’ mode, the pedals and steering wheel fold away and the cabin becomes something akin to a lounge, complete with a seamlessly integrated digital ecosystem.
“The Audi Skysphere concept is the first of a family of three, that will help shape the vision and direction of our brand as we electrify our business operation and future model lineups," said Audi UK boss Andrew Doyle. And although it’s very unlikely that we’ll see a shape-shifting car like this coming out of Ingolstadt any time soon, the company does state that its exterior styling leads directly to the Audi design of tomorrow, particularly the grille design - which is not actually a grille in this case given its EV status.
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