Audi confirms addition of Q1 to model line-up
The latest addition to the Audi’s Q model family will bring the carmaker’s total product to over 60 models and will be produced at Ingolstadt alongside models including the A3 and A3 Sportback and the A4/A5 family.
‘The Audi Q1 is part of our broad-based SUV strategy. It is designed on the basis of the modular transverse engine concept and will round off our Q series at the bottom end,’ stated Rupert Stadler, chairman of the board of management of Audi AG.
No details of engine line-up or pricing have been announced.
In a statement, Audi said: ‘As an attractive entry into the Q family, the new model will make a strong contribution to the company’s ongoing growth and will strengthen its international competitiveness.’
The Q family currently comprises the Audi Q3, RS Q3, Q5, SQ5 and Q7. Overall, Audi has produced and delivered more than 1.5 million models from the Q family since the market launch of the first SUV in 2006.
The new model range comes as Audi targets total unit sales of more than two million automobiles each year by 2016.
Natalie Middleton
Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for over 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day.
