<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/audi/" rel="tag">Audi</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-audi-rs7-sportback/"><img alt="Audi RS7 Sportback spy shots" src="http://blog.pangeic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/01-audi-rs7-spy-shots630opt.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 4px 0px;" /></a><br />
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	Audi RS7 Sportback spy shots - Click above for high-res image gallery</div>
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Normally, any spy shots having to do with <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/audi">Audi</a>'s RS series involve large wheels, huge fender flares and low-profile tires. This potential prototype for the <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/rs7">Audi RS7 Sportback</a>, however, appears to be going incognito under standard <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/a7">A7</a> skin.<br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-audi-rs7-sportback/#3853486"><img alt="Audi RS7 spy shots" class="right border" src="http://blog.pangeic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/05-audi-rs7-spy-shots250250.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 4px; float: right;" /></a>The dead giveaway that this A7 is more than meets the eye? The brakes. Specifically, our spy photographers tell us that they've seen <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/21/spy-shots-2012-audi-s7-caught-but-whats-under-the-hood/">prototypes of the standard S7 Sportback</a> plenty of times, and none of those automobiles we fitted with brakes this large. Even so, the quad exhaust pipes out back are similar to what all of Audi's S models use, though we're told that when it hits production, the RS7 will use a large, dual-exhaust setup.<br />
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As for what's underhood, the latest speculation suggests that a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 engine will be in use, producing somewhere around 550 or 600 horsepower. This power will be managed by a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox and sent to all four wheels via Quattro all-wheel drive. Expect the production automobile - with the normal aggressive RS fittings - to debut at the <a href="http://autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-motor-show">Frankfurt Motor Show</a> this September.<br />
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<div><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-audi-rs7-sportback">Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-audi-rs7-sportback/"><img src="http://blog.pangeic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/01-audi-rs7-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" title="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-audi-rs7-sportback/"><img src="http://blog.pangeic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/02-audi-rs7-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" title="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-audi-rs7-sportback/"><img src="http://blog.pangeic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/03-audi-rs7-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" title="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-audi-rs7-sportback/"><img src="http://blog.pangeic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/04-audi-rs7-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" title="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-audi-rs7-sportback/"><img src="http://blog.pangeic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/05-audi-rs7-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" title="Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback" /></a></div><br />
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