How does a 677 horsepower and 701 lb-ft of torque twin turbo hybrid Audi RS9 sound? Audi Prologue concept gets some muscle

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AudiBoost took a look at the Audi Prologue Concept at the LA Auto Show last year and it certainly was a nice looking car. Under the hood Audi stated they had a 605 horsepower 516 lb-ft of torque 4.0 TFSI V8 that was a tweaked unit borrowed from the RS7 and RS6 models.

You can think of that early Prologue Concept as an S9. Audi decided to give the car some steroids and what looks to be 'RS' treatment. The result is 677 horsepower and 701 lb-ft of torque by adding an electric drivetrain into the mix.

The car looks much meaner than the previous concept with new wheels and an aggressive stance. It certainly looks the part and if Audi does produce an A9 let's hope they keep the design elements in tact.

Most people are not paying attention to the drivetrain (we sure are) but that an Audi employing similar technology drove itself to the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) which certainly is a big deal. However, if you have 701 lb-ft of torque under your right foot do you really even want the computers to be doing the driving?

A range topping RS9 sounds great to AudiBoost. It probably does not sound great to the bean counters. Don't just tease us with something this awesome Audi.

Four spectacular cars round off Audi’s presence in Las Vegas. They are the TT Roadster, RS 7 Sportback and R8 LMX production models as well as the Audi prologue piloted driving showcar which was purpose-built for CES.

The showcar expresses progressive technology in its entire character. Its brightly lit interior fuses the car’s architecture with the display and control concept to create a novel unit. The entire front of the instrument is executed as a three-part touch display. Add to this an innovative, ultrathin and flexible OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display.

The showcar’s hybrid powertrain has a muscular 4.0 TFSI working together with a powerful e-motor. System power output of 505 kW (677 hp) and a combined torque of both engines of 950 Nm (700.7 lb‑ft) enable the Audi prologue piloted driving to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in 3.5 seconds. Its CO2 emissions are 185 g/km (297.7 g/mi).

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It screams S-Class Coupe to me in these pictures, but that's not a bad thing. Still recognizable as an Audi. Love the minimalist interior, although I'm sure the weight distribution is something like 63/37

Either way, make the damn thing. And sell it the fck over here, for once. Getting sick of this "Oh hey you guys don't deserve the RS models except for once a decade" attitude they seem to have taken.

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They think their RS models are special. They are producing more and more of them now though and they need the US market for this kind of car.

We don't get the RS wagons really.

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They think their RS models are special. They are producing more and more of them now though and they need the US market for this kind of car.

We don't get the RS wagons really.

I feel like they're really leaving a ton of money on the table by not selling them here, AMG and M have record years every year and it just has always shocked the hell out of me that Audi says "Yeah, no thanks. We're good with making ~1000 of them"...I'm sure they don't *need* the money per se but when almost all of your die-hard fans are demanding it...why snub them like that.

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I feel like they're really leaving a ton of money on the table by not selling them here

Which ones do we not get? Just the wagons.