Audi Reading Real-World Hybrids: New A8 Hybrid with 2.0-liter 4-Cylinder TSI to be Unveiled in Geneva


Not to be a one-trick pony, Audi has more than a few more realistic cars up its sleeve for the near future. Most important for consumers' immediate future will be Audi's Q5 hybrid, set to go on sale late 2010 or early 2011.

It's touted as "the first Audi with a combination of gasoline engine and electric motor". Cool, but far from thrilling. Next up, for the executive hippie segment, is the world debut of the marque's A8 hybrid "engineering study" at the Geneva Show on Tuesday. People will be able to order Audi's green luxo-cruiser sometime come late 2011.

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