German Car Zone

Things change quite a bit when you add the quattro sport rear differential. See EVO, Drivers Republic and other competent publications with their tests of S4 and S5 cabriolet that DO feature the rear differential. When offered on non-S models, this statement you made is very debatable, if not outright wrong.

Could look quite good.

I'm amused by the "it's pointless" discussion. French carmakers for instance are making hatch+sedan+SW versions of their cars since before Mathusalem (only one size smaller...)

It's not a new car, only a slightly altered rear allowing greater practicity by the use of a fifth door instead of a small bottlid. Almost no R&D cost involved here, unlike a 5er GT for instance.

This way, let the bootlid open and you pack your giant fridge in the car, with a more casual appearance than a SW. Thing you could never dream of in a regular A4.

Oh for heavens' sake. The whole reason a wagon is so practical and versatile is because of the angle of the rear windshield. Think really hard - if the angle of the rear 'screen is nearly vertical then the interior load area is like big square box. With a fancy, slopey rear screen you have to fold the rear seats down and even then the total volume is very limited - and you can't have Suzie and Johnny in the back.

People who argue this point have never used a wagon for what it's truly capable of in terms of loadability. I have.

I am excited about this car. where is the pictures anyway ?

Are you saying that you want the A5 instead of the Panamera?
Sweet

Is it definitely going to be a 4 seater?

True.

But let the bootlid open, and voilà! the fridge is in the car. As the rear windshield goes with the bootlid, opening it removes the inconvenient of a slopping rear window!

That's the whole point of a fifth door: big opening, and possibility to put big objects in the car by letting the fifth door open.

Can't do this in a sedan.

Oh, looks not bad. Not very exciting either, but better than the A4 so far.

However the waving character line is too long, so the wave effect is lost. It's not one single gracious move any more.

How can the rear window go down? It can't retract in the door without a quarter line, from what I see here!

is that an official pic?