---
title: "New Audi A7 Teased Ahead of Oct. 19 Reveal"
description: "Look for a full reveal of the redesigned A7 this Thursday."
date: "2017-10-17"
modified: "2017-10-17"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/15204/new-audi-a7-teased-ahead-of-oct-19-reveal"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "a7"
  - "Audi"
  - "German Cars"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "luxury"
  - "luxury cars"
  - "sedan"
---

# New Audi A7 Teased Ahead of Oct. 19 Reveal

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Believe it or not, the Audi A7 has been around in [its current guise](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/1960/critics-notebook-2016-audi-a7>) for almost eight years now. Aged well, hasn't it? In that time, the "four-door coupe" motif worn by the Audi and its German luxury contemporaries has been cribbed, ahem, *adopted* by more mainstream offerings such as [Kia's Stinger](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/14860/the-2018-kia-stinger-gt-pokes-ze-germans-in-their-lederhosen>) and the new [Honda Accord](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/14720/2018-honda-accord-first-drive-review-can-this-all-new-family-car-save-the-sedan>). Now, Audi is preparing to take the wraps off of the much-loved, slope-backed sedan's replacement.

Scheduled for a public reveal this Thursday, Oct. 19, the next-generation Audi A7 will retain the outgoing car's basic fastback silhouette while incorporating elements from Audi's new design language such as the oversized, hexagonal grille treatment seen on the [new A8](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/12327/2018-audi-a8-debuts-packed-with-future-facing-tech>). Also inherited from the A8 will be Level 3 autonomous driving also known as Audi AI Traffic Jam Pilot, which can pilot the big Audi up to 37 miles per hour on a highway with a physical barrier between opposing traffic.

Also expected are meaner, [speedier S7](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9835/watch-the-2019-audi-s7-get-thrashed-at-the-nurburgring>) and RS7 variants, the latter being confirmed to be available as a [700 horsepower hybrid Autobahn-bruiser](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/14578/next-audi-rs7-will-be-a-700-horsepower-hybrid-monster>). That car will borrow hardware from the [brain-warping Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/13178/the-2018-porsche-panamera-turbo-s-e-hybrid-is-a-mind-bending-complexity-machine>).

For more on the new Audi A7, be sure to visit *The Drive* sometime this Thursday.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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