New Audi Q2 To Debut at Geneva Motor Show: Brings Radical Design Change and Customization to Audi's SUV Lineup

Audi is set to place its shiny new Q2 badge on a radically styled SUV in time for March’s Geneva Motor Show. As the smallest SUV in the brand’s line-up, the newcomer – revealed in our exclusive images – will be aimed at a younger audience than Audi has ever previously considered.

Due on sale in the summer, the car will be the first product from Audi design boss Marc Lichte, who came from VW in late 2013 to replace Wolfgang Egger.He’s been relishing the chance to deliver a radical production car after criticism of the conservative Q7 and A4.

The Q2’s youth orientation has allowed the stylists to wriggle free of the brand’s usual constraints. The model’s most distinctive feature will be a huge chamfered cutout along its waistline on both doors, a forward-stretching cabin and large rear shoulders.

Audi’s also taken lessons from its MINI-rivalling A1 in allowing everything from interior to roof colour to be personalised – and even aluminium or carbon fibre for the C-pillars.
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cidflekken - 1/28/2016 3:49:40 PM

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"Radical"? Really? I thought Lichte's first design with Audi was going to be a huge departure from current design themes.

scenicbyway12 - 1/28/2016 4:01:05 PM

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Please replace radical with wolf and hear Audi's continuous cries.

TheSteve - 1/28/2016 4:07:00 PM

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Does Audi really need an SUV that's smaller than the Q3 in their lineup, or is this just a little bigger station wagon than their "allroad"? To me, it looks like splitting hairs without meaningful differentiation from their currently available models.

MDarringer - 1/28/2016 10:03:03 PM

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Why is Audi getting all the crossover attention and VW is languishing in the USA with not one competent crossover?

Dexter1 - 1/29/2016 1:18:18 AM

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Wow. It's an ugly little thing.

carsnyc - 1/29/2016 9:26:38 AM

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I just lost the little respect I had left for Audi.