Audi has announced it will build its ‘Q1', a micro-SUV that will rival the Mercedes Benz and BMW’s small vehicles like A-Class and X1 series.
The new baby ‘baby' SUV will sit on the VW Group's modular transverse engine platform - the fabled MQB Lego set that underpins practically all of the Group's small, front-engined cars including the Golf and A3.
The premium European marque has confirmed the vehicle will go into production in 2016 but is keeping details of the new vehicle under wraps for now.
It's not clear what engines will power the new Q1 but compact turbo-petrol and turbo-diesel engines are most likely, displacing between 1.2- and 1.4-litres
The demand for mini-SUVs and crossovers is significantly increasing and Audi surely wants to cash in on the demand. The Q5 and the Q7 are selling like hot cakes and Audi wants to expand their portfolio by adding a mini-SUV alongside the Q3. Even in India, people are preferring luxury SUVs instead of premium sedans because of the quality of roads that we have here in India.
The Q1 will be, says Audi, a fine way to round off the ‘Q' series of cars at the bottom end of the scale, and will be built at the Ingolstadt factory, reassuring Germans that yes, as Audi swells into a massive international brand, its homeland still matters. "This is a clear commitment to Ingolstadt as a production site," said Peter Mosch, chairman of the general works council. "We will continue to make all efforts to develop the plant even further as the leading technological site of the Audi Group."
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