The Audi Shooting Brake was a

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developed by

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and officially unveiled at the 2005

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. It was a study of a sporty two-door compact

shooting brake Shooting brake (sometimes mis-identified as "shooting break") is a car body style which originated in the 1890s as a horse-drawn wagon used to transport shooting parties with their equipment and game. The first automotive shooting brakes were ...

hatchback A hatchback is a car body configuration with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to a cargo area. Hatchbacks may feature fold-down second row seating, where the interior can be reconfigured to prioritize passenger or cargo volume. ...

The concept vehicle was based on the second-generation Audi TT and provided, to some extent, a preview of the new TT, which was yet to be launched. It was powered by a ''3.2 litre''

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, developing a maximum output of at 6200 rpm, with torque peaking at between 2500 and 3000 rpm. The engine, already in some of the Audi's production models, such as the second generation

Audi A3 The Audi A3 is a subcompact executive/small family car (C-segment) manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Audi AG since September 1996, currently in its fourth generation. The first two generations of the Audi A3 were based on the ...

, and the Audi TT sports car, accelerated the Shooting Brake from in 6 seconds, reaching an electronically limited top speed of . The vehicle also had Audi's quattro

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system. The exterior appearance was dominated by a massive single frame front grille, characteristic to the newest Audi models, as well as clear-glass headlights with new

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technology and 19-inch double-spoke wheels from

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. The interior put the emphasis on sporty design and is dominated by materials like aluminium and leather. A notable interior feature was an evolutionary version of navigation system with

touch screen A touchscreen or touch screen is the assembly of both an input ('touch panel') and output ('display') device. The touch panel is normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The display is often ...

monitor and character recognition. In 2007, an Audi executive said that the car would not be produced.

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