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05-19-2006, 08:22 PM
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After weeks of speculation and reports in the motoring media, Audi has now confirmed the launches of three important new models.
The Q5, a medium-sized SUV,will go into production at Ingolstadt, Bavaria in 2008. Audi chairman Prof. Dr Martin Winterkorn said at a board meeting: "The Q5 will be an overtly sporty vehicle that will add an important product to the Audi model range. The Audi Q5 will take us a big step closer to vehicle sales of 1.4million per year, a target that we have set ourselves for 2015." Audi is to invest around 300million euros in Ingolstadt, and employ 1,700 people to build the Q5.
The A5 coupe will also be built in Ingolstadt; this will go into production earlier, in the first half of 2007. Meanwhile, the three-door S3 will go on sale in the second half of this year. This will have the same 2.0 TFSI turbocharged engine as the Golf GTI, but boosted to 272bhp; it'll be four-wheel drive, with the VW Haldex system as in the Golf rather than Quattro.
source:http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/news-story.jsp?news_id=14574
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After weeks of speculation and reports in the motoring media, Audi has now confirmed the launches of three important new models.
The Q5, a medium-sized SUV,will go into production at Ingolstadt, Bavaria in 2008. Audi chairman Prof. Dr Martin Winterkorn said at a board meeting: "The Q5 will be an overtly sporty vehicle that will add an important product to the Audi model range. The Audi Q5 will take us a big step closer to vehicle sales of 1.4million per year, a target that we have set ourselves for 2015." Audi is to invest around 300million euros in Ingolstadt, and employ 1,700 people to build the Q5.
The A5 coupe will also be built in Ingolstadt; this will go into production earlier, in the first half of 2007. Meanwhile, the three-door S3 will go on sale in the second half of this year. This will have the same 2.0 TFSI turbocharged engine as the Golf GTI, but boosted to 272bhp; it'll be four-wheel drive, with the VW Haldex system as in the Golf rather than Quattro.
source:http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/news-story.jsp?news_id=14574
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