Audi Confirms Q1 Crossover, Entering Production in 2016

Today that assurance has gained further substance as Audi announced that it would produce a new entry-level crossover ‘Q1′ at its Ingolstadt plant from 2016.

Audi CEO Rupert Stadler said that the Q1 is part of the company’s broad-based SUV strategy. Designed based on the modular transverse engine concept (Audi’s way of saying that it is a front-wheel drive car), the Q1 would be the smallest member of its SUV family.

The Q1 is part of a bigger model strategy of having 60 models in Audi showrooms by 2020 as compared to 49 models today. The goal for Audi in 2020 is to sell 2 million cars a year. Since the first Q model in 2006 (Q7), Audi have delivered 1.5 million SUVs.

Besides the Q1, the Ingolstadt plant would produce A- and B-Segment Audi cars such as the A3 and the A4/A5 model series.