By ompany Audi endorsed the development of a large SUV project called Q8, according to the publication Car, citing its own sources.
According to sources the magazine, the management is confident that the German manufacturer of market success of the new SUV, which will receive a sloping roof line in the style of Range Rover Evoque. The Audi has already started asking clients about the interest in the acquisition of such a model. The first results of the survey show that the annual output of Q8 can not be less than 25,000 copies.
New products will be built on the long wheelbase version of the folksvagenovskogo modular chassis MLB, which is planned to be used for the next generation Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne and VW Touareg, as well as the first SUV Bentley. It is expected that the design of Q8 is widely used aluminum. He will make the model by about 300 pounds lighter current Q7, weighing almost 2.3 tons.
In a large range of engines Audi SUV will include six-and eight-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, hybrid propulsion system, as well as a 550-strong unit to the charged version of the RS.
According to preliminary data, in a series of model Q8 will be no earlier than 2017.
