
Audi's abrupt backflip revealed: German brand reverses confusing naming scheme regarding petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid and electric cars such as the Audi A5, Audi Q6 e-tron and Audi Q8 TFSI e
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Audi has reversed the confusing model naming scheme that it assigned two years ago, bowing to feedback from its customers and dealers, the brand said.
Introduced in early 2023, the model naming structure designated even numbers to its electric car range, while odd numbers would denote combustion-powered cars.
Audi started the scheme with the launch of its A5 last year, which replaced the A4 as the brand’s small petrol sedan. The A4, meanwhile, would become the A4 e-tron, a fully-electric small sedan that is based on the A5 but to be marketed as a standalone product.
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Those plans have now been back-pedalled for the rest of the range, with Audi saying all-electric models can now share the same combination of letters and numbers with combustion-engine cars.
Further differentiation will continue to be established using Audi’s traditional body styles (Avant, Sedan and Sportback) as well as its already established powertrain codes of e-tron (electric) TFSI (petrol), TFSI e (plug-in hybrid) and TDI (diesel).
Audi confirmed that there will be no retroactive name changes for the models already on sale, so it appears that the new A5 won’t revert to the A4, which for now appears to be staying electric-only ahead of its release later this year.
The new (old) naming scheme will launch globally with the combustion-engine Audi A6 on March 4, which will feature both petrol (TFSI) and electric (e-tron) variants. Petrol versions of the new A6 were set to be named the A7, though that is no longer the case.
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