Audi may build an entry-level SUV, says CEO Rupert Stadler

Audi’s CEO Rupert Stadler said the company may build a new entry-level SUV but that there are no plans to develop a version of the upcoming Volkswagen Up minicar. Media reports are guessing that Audi would develop its own variant of the Up under the code-name "Audi AO." Volkswagen AG’s Czech-based Skoda unit plans to develop an Up minicar variant. Stadler said he sees potential for a small SUV below the Q5 and the new Q3, which launches later in 2011; however, he said the company had not yet reached a decision on whether to launch a car that could be named Q1.
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Nostradamus - 1/28/2011 12:09:35 AM

+4 Boost

No... Just NO, you've got enough of these 'crossover' things in your lineup already.

Steve - 1/28/2011 12:10:19 AM

+1 Boost

I don't care much about what some company *might* do. I am much more interested in what they actually *will* do.

JWalkerLegrande - 1/28/2011 10:34:02 AM

+3 Boost

I thought the Q5 was the entry level mini-SUV already... Anything smaller would directly compete with the hamster Kia's.