"Granted, Audi's Cross Cabriolet Quattro is still a concept for now..."
For now indeed. Audi's TT first showed up as a concept car, then went into production with very minimal change. The R8 sports car has almost the same history.
"The whip also boasts microphones within the headrests to presumably control certain aspects of the system via voice..."
Nope. It's part of an intercom/noice canceling system.
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"Granted, Audi's Cross Cabriolet Quattro is still a concept for now..."
For now indeed. Audi's TT first showed up as a concept car, then went into production with very minimal change. The R8 sports car has almost the same history.
"The whip also boasts microphones within the headrests to presumably control certain aspects of the system via voice..."
Nope. It's part of an intercom/noice canceling system.
http://www.audiworld.com/news/07/la-auto-show/