Audi’s model expansion will include more RS performance offerings, a lightweight version of subsequent TT, and also a greater quantity of Q-badged SUVs in its range, development chief Wolfgang Dürheimer has confirmed in the Geneva motor show. The Audi's range firm’s first RS-badged SUV, the RS Q3, made its debut at Geneva today, and Dürheimer said there was an appetite for much more RS Audis.
New RS6 Avant and RS7 models have been shown, and Dürheimer said “demand is growing for RS” and models such as the Q3 RS exist because “the customers want them”. “The Q3 RS is really a new dimension for RS but there’s certainly room for additional, ” he told Autocar. “RS models demonstrate the technical fringe of Audi.
”There are no current plans for any diesel RS, Dürheimer confirmed, however the firm “had lots of additional ideas” on future RS models, in addition to a greater quantity of S models in its range. Dürheimer said that although Audi was now fully dedicated to future technologies, for example electric cars and hybrids through models such as the A3 e-tron, another Geneva debut, there would still continually be high-performance Audi models inside the range.
“We’re covering an entire choice of cars and technologies, ” Audi's range he said. “There will certainly be people that purely want green technology, but There‘s also people who achieve and want something with lots of power such as the RS7 or Q7. ”One future model near being signed off is really a lightweight version from the next-generation TT, having a target weight of 1000kg. “Such a car could be very exciting and sporty, ” said Dürheimer. “We already possess the right engines and it’s a project we’re focusing on. ”Dürheimer said he saw “a excellent future” for any production version from the Audi Crosslane Coupé concept coming from the Paris motor show last year, a model said showing Audi’s thinking for any Q2. “There is much more room for Q models, ” said Dürheimer. Audi's range expansion set to carry on
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