Like the wind: in Trieste with Audi A6 Sportback E-Tron, between performances and elegance

When it downloads all its strength, she knows how to be powerful. When it flows soft, creating delicate shapes, instead it shows its own harmonious side. The wind has always been an atmospheric agent who fascinates the human beingprecisely because of his double face. TO Trieste They know him well, so much so that they even dedicated a museum to him. From there, or rather from the neighbor Bay of Sistianawe left for our journey behind the wheel of Audi A6 Sportback e-tron, The first electric sedan-coupé of the four rings based on the PPE platform (Premium Platform Electric) which shows the muscles but without giving up elegance. A bit like the wind.

The start is a Portopiccoloa new eco -sustainable village between the castles of Duin And Miramareborn from the redevelopment of a stone quarry abandoned by seventies. A strong bond with what has been, therefore, but looked decisively towards what will come. Which is a bit the manifesto of the new A6 Full Electricin the version with a pitched roof: the Sportback Design, which the Ingolstadt company introduced in 2004, is inspired by the Fastback of the sixties, but in the contemporary conjugation It does not only refer to aesthetic concepts. It is beauty, of course, but also Dynamism and technological innovation.

Well yes, the form at the service of functionality. This is demonstrated, for example, the amazing coefficient of aerodynamic resistance (CX) of 0.21, at the top for a series of Audi series. An optimized air flow which allows lower consumption (the declared autonomy is 756 km for the performance version) and screaming performance (the S6 E-Tron Quattro has 551 horsepower and is able to shoot 0-100 in 3.9 seconds, with 240 km/h of maximum speed). But what we enjoy most in our short trip between Friuli and Slovenia It is the extraordinary comfort, thanks also to the adaptive suspension and the multilink scheme of the rear suspensions.

It starts on city streets, then a little highway up to customsfinally, an excursion in the woods, Between dirt roads and a long series of hairpin bends. Audi A6 Sportback e-tron responds well on every type of path, confirming its extreme versatility. Agile, brilliant, cradles us but shows the muscles whenever it is urged. To make the trip even more pleasant, the lot of technology on board: the digital stage that dominates the scene (three screens: instrumentation, infototainment and the one for the passenger stand out), the cameras which replace the external rear view mirrors e The Head-up display to augmented reality.

Slips away between the curves of our eastern border, Sybiting silently immersed in nature and capturing the looks of passers -by every time it crosses an inhabited centeralways ready to re -use by showing his strength. Like an elegant green soul. Like the wind.