Audi has a few SUVs in its line-up: there's the Q2, Q3, Q5, Q7 and upcoming Q8. But what about the gaps? Where are the Q1, Q4 and Q6? Well, they could be on their way sooner than you'd think...
Audi is looking to introduce several electrified models in Australia by the end of the decade, including a fully-electric vehicle (EV) likely to be released around 2019. Speaking to CarAdvice at the preview of the all-new Q2 SUV in Sydney, Anna Burgdorf, general manager for corporate communications at Audi Australia, confirmed the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Q7 e-tron will arrive locally within the next year, while an EV model is expected before the end of the decade...
Audi has revealed new details in its next-generation production plan this week, as the German luxury marque turns its attention to electric power. In a manufacturing shuffle, the company has confirmed that its plant in Brussels, Belgium, will from 2018 focus exclusively on production of its new electric SUV, along with the batteries that will provide the new model’s energy...
Audi will reportedly unveil a new hydrogen-fuelled version of its recent e-tron quattro SUV concept at next month’s Detroit auto show. Unveiled in September, the e-tron quattro concept is believed to be our first look at a long-anticipated new SUV that will likely wear a Q6 badge...
Having covered the concept before, CarAdvice was at the release of the impressive Audi e-tron quattro SUV this week for the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show. "It's not just any electric car, but one of the most beautiful, one of the most forward looking and one with the best range," said Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Audi Board of Management for technical Development...
Audi has released another new teaser for its coming e-tron quattro concept - expected to wear a ‘Q6’ badge - ahead of an unveiling scheduled for this month’s Frankfurt motor show. The company has released a number of illustrations for the concept in recent weeks, following earlier reports and later confirmation of plans for a new all-electric SUV that will do battle with the coming Tesla Model X...
Audi Australia began its move into vehicle electrification this week with the A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid, but it’s also looking beyond this technology to its first fully electric car. As we know, Audi will premiere a concept car called the e-tron quattro in a few weeks at the Frankfurt motor show...
This is the Audi e-tron quattro concept set to premiere in the metal at the Frankfurt motor show next next month. It “provides an outlook” on Audi’s first series production pure-electric car — a large SUV with a driving range above 500km. Expected to be called Q6 e-tron, the new SUV will lay down the gauntlet to the imminent Tesla Model X when Audi puts it into production in 2018...
Audi has announced that its all-new pure electric SUV - which is hotly rumoured to be known as the Q6 e-tron - will have an electric driving range of "more than 500 kilometres". The news comes following an announcement from the brand that it will be working on new "powerful cell modules" from battery specialists LG Chem and Samsung SDI...
Images that are claimed to be of an Audi electric SUV concept that will debut at the Frankfurt motor show have been published online. The computer renderings seen here were published by both Auto Bild and Auto Motor und Sport, and are said to come from a source within Audi...
Audi Australia is ready to invest in infrastructure to support its upcoming plug-in electric e-tron and full-electric passenger cars as momentum behind the electric vehicle movement increases. Audi announced last year that e-tron variants are likely to be introduced across almost all model lines in the range, making it a key drivetrain pillar to sit alongside diesel and petrol drivetrains...
The long-awaited replacement for the Audi A4 is likely to launch before the Frankfurt motor show in September, it has been announced, while 2016 will see the introduction of a new version of the Q5 and the all-new Q1 baby SUV. As part of the Audi annual conference, the Ingolstadt-based brand announced the new-generation A4 (pictured above in computer-generated guise) will debut this year, built upon a new iteration of the modular MLB 2 platform...
Audi is preparing to extend its SUV line-up with several “sporty” and “exclusive” models such as a TT SUV, and Q6 and Q8 derivatives. Speaking at the Detroit motor show, Audi board member for technical development Ulrich Hackenberg began by explaining that a naming rights issue is central to the reason the company is calling its compact model the Q1 in two years’ time, and is now looking into an SUV version of the TT instead of a potential Q4...
The ever-expanding Audi range will see the addition of a new Audi AQ2 model in 2018 according to a new report that also posits a new Audi Q6 coupe-style SUV by 2017. German magazine Autobild claims the new Audi AQ2 will give the brand a rival to the BMW i3, and will be built upon the flexible MQB underpinnings of the Volkswagen Group, specifically upon the Audi A3/Volkswagen Golf architecture...
It's official: there will be no Audi version of the Volkswagen Up! - but the German luxury brand is looking to expand its SUV range to include a new model, possibly badged Q9. Car Magazine quotes Audi Chairman of the Board and CEO Rupert Stadler as stating the brand has no need for a car smaller than the A1, putting to bed longstanding rumours of a potential spinoff version of the Volkswagen Up!
BMW has admitted that it is getting more difficult to think up new vehicle niches that help to boost profits and create incremental sales. Germany’s luxury brands, including Audi and Mercedes-Benz, have been battling in recent years to beat each other to market with a fresh vehicle style. Mercedes set the scene in 2004 when it launched the CLS, a four-door coupe based on its E-Class sedan...
Our spy photographers have captured more prototype images of the upcoming Audi Q6. The Q6 mule was snapped undergoing cold-weather testing in Northern Scandinavia disguised in a stretched Q5 body. The Q6 will become the fourth SUV in Audi’s line-up, slotting in between the Q5 and Q7, aiming to take a slice of the sports crossover coupe niche created by the BMW X6...
As previously reported back in March, Audi is working on a BMW X6 competitor that is likely to be called Q6. The Audi Q6 is planned to slot in between the Q5 and Q7 but with a coupe-like body, just like the X6 from BMW. As we can see on this Q5 based mule, the Q6 will be slightly longer and also a little wider to give it a more aggressive road-presence...
The BMW X6 has always been referred to in automotive circles as the answer to the question that nobody asked, but according to reports out of Germany, Audi may be working on its own answer to that question. Dubbed the Audi Q6, the vehicle would slot in between the smaller Q5 soft-roader and the full-size Q7 SUV, and would compete directly with BMW’s so-called ‘Sports Activity Coupe’...
