Audi's planned sporty seven-seat MPV model for 2016 is undergoing development based on the larger version of the Volkswagen Group’s modular MQB architecture. According to sales and marketing chief Peter Schwarzenbauer, the new car - previewed here in this exclusive rendering - would be offered with six or seven seats and would follow in the mould of the popular Ford S-Max.
Using a longer, wider version of the MQB platform, rather than the A4’s more sophisticated platform will allow Audi to offer a spacious premium model at a lower price point. Audi first explored an MPV model with the A4-based Roadjet concept in 2006...
...Senior Audi sources have also hinted that the new model could usher in a new strand of badging for Audi that could in turn lead to a whole new model line. A new naming process, beginning with the letter ‘V’ (for ‘Vario’), has been mooted...
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