Audi To Flood The Market With 7 New SUV Variants

Audi’s 130^th Annual General Meeting was surprisingly important in terms of model lineup changes as aside from announcing a high-end A8, the head honchos also revealed plans for an SUV onslaught. No fewer than seven SUV versions will be introduced before the end of the year, with the key word being “versions” since these will be derivatives of existing models rather than completely new vehicles.

Two of them will be the first Sportback-badged SUVs, namely the Q3 Sportback – previously referred to by Audi as the Q4 – and the fully electric E-Tron Sportback. Audi went on to mention another two will be “particularly sporty versions” of the Q8, so it’s probably safe to assume the Four Rings company was talking about the hotly anticipated SQ8 and RS Q8. Both have been spied undergoing testing multiple times with very little camouflage, which means a full reveal of the dynamic duo later this year would make sense.

countguy - 5/23/2019 11:16:06 AM

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YAWN

scenicbyway12 - 5/23/2019 11:55:17 AM

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"Audi’s 130th Annual General Meeting"

Sooo Audi has been having an annual meeting 20 years before it existed?

skytop - 5/23/2019 12:00:40 PM

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The Audi parts department must be having major migraine headaches with so many models to account for.

PUGPROUD - 5/23/2019 5:04:06 PM

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The last hurrah before coming generations totally walk away from car/SUV ownership.

MDarringer - 5/23/2019 8:22:31 PM

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That is the most ridiculous and obviously unfounded statement you've ever made.

MDarringer - 5/23/2019 6:37:09 PM

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So a bunch of trim levels....

cidflekken - 5/23/2019 8:05:27 PM

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Ironic as Mercedes announced streamlining all of their trim levels....

MDarringer - 5/23/2019 8:21:38 PM

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Audi is desperate for sales. The A4/4/5/7/8 are mediocre sellers. The Q8 is 100% the wrong product to go after the X7/GLS/Escalade/Navigator price range. The Q8 needed to be upright and big rather than porcine and cramped looking. Thus, Audi is stuck with "gingerbreading" their vehicles because even heavily subsidized leases are not moving the 10-year-old-looking Audis.

GermanNut - 5/24/2019 9:13:50 AM

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Audi's global sales were down more than 10% in April while its U.S. sales were down 20%. The brand has lost its way due to its new designs that look just like 10-year old versions of the same car. The dual touch screens look nifty but they are distracting and a big change from what buyers are used to.