2007's Audi Cross Coupe concept
THE Q3 COMPACT SUV will join the Audi line-up in 2011, the German luxury carmaker announced this week.
Expected to ride on a modified version of the Volkswagen Tiguan’s chassis, the Q3 will likely have VW-sourced powertrains sitting beneath its edgy Teutonic bodywork.
Performance, however, is expected to be much sharper than its nearest Volkswagen cousins - Audi describes the Q3’s driving characteristics as “supremely sporty”.The Q3 will be built at the SEAT plant in Martorell, Spain, which will be able to produce 80,000 units each year.
“We are counting on this Spanish site’s efficiency, the excellent quality of the Production department, and its highly trained staff,” Audi board chairman Rupert Stadler said.
“We will use the Group’s synergies to sharpen our competitive edge and help protect around 1,200 jobs. The decision furthermore safeguards workplaces at other Audi locations.”
The smallest SUV in the Audi line-up, the Q3 will join the mid-sized Q5 (built in Ingolstadt, Germany) and the larger Q7 (built in Slovakia).
Specific technical details are thin on the ground, but Audi has said the Q3’s body will be “coupe-like” in profile.
For now though, these images of 2007’s Cross Coupe concept will have to suffice; which should give us some clues about what to expect.
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I think I like the BMW X1 more. I know that those pics are just concept one’s but I’m not a fan of the back end of it. Not sure about those chrome wheels either lol.
The comments about the Seat plant look more like veiled threats too. ‘We know they’ll up their game. If they don’t they’ll all be sacked and we’ll move production to Turkmenistan’!