Audi is planning to increase the number of cars sold per year to 2.4 million by 2020. For this purpose, the manufacturer intends to significantly expand production capacity and its range of models. In an interview with the magazine Manager Magazin said the head of the German company Rupert Stadler.

There will be several new products. Apart from the new Audi Q6 crossover and Audi Q8, in the line of the manufacturer from Ingolstadt will minivan and a new compact model. And, according to Stadler, we are talking about a car, taken on the basis of the compact Volkswagen Up!

It is possible that the new product could be an electric vehicle that will get engine with 114 hp and will be able to travel up to 200 miles on a single charge. As for the name of the future compact, it is not yet disclosed. However, the Germans have long been eyeing the revival of the name Audi A2. And apparently the novelty will probably be guided by the concept of the same name, shown in 2011 at the Frankfurt Motor Show .

When the wait for the new CD from Audi? This, alas, is also a word. However, Stadler has hinted that the major breakthrough in achieving the set goals, the company needs to do in 2016.

Paparazzi was the first to take a picture of the new generation Audi TT. The car was filmed during a road test on the roads of Germany. It is reported Carscoops.

Earlier, the chief designer Wolfgang Egger, Audi announced that the new product will be quite different from its predecessor. As you can see from the photo, on which the new Audi TT imprinted next to the current model, it is perhaps an exaggeration, but the coupe still get a slight awkwardness, others headlights and taillights, a different grille and a slightly different profile.

Technically, the new generation Audi TT will be performed on a modular platform MQB. It is expected that, as before, the coupe will be available in front-and all-wheel drive variants. Under the hood will accommodate the new four-cylinder turbo of 1.8 and 2.0 liters, depending on the sales area.

It will also have a new version of the Audi TT and S, which will be equipped with a 2.0-liter 300-horsepower engine, and the modification will be the most powerful Audi TT RS, which is due to a 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine will develop 400 horsepower.

The premiere of the new Audi TT in a body "coupe" is expected in early 2014, and after a few months of the presentation will be presented and an open roadster.

This year the king of high-speed hot hatchbacks has 360-horsepower Mercedes A45 AMG, which is presented in the spring at the Geneva Motor Show, but after he catches a competitor of Ingolstadt. In the photo spies lenses got a copy of Audi RS 3, passing at the time of the test. According to preliminary data, the power of its 2.5-liter turbo with equal performance mersedesovskogo opponent.

However, for the A45 AMG engine will remain the title of the most powerful four-cylinder unit in the world, since Audi «heart" - a five-cylinder. But these nuances are hardly important when on the road RS 3 will not yield extreme Mercedes, and perhaps even surpass it. Last dials 100 km / h in 4.6 seconds, and after all Audi RS 3 was exactly the same rate in the last generation, when her engine gave out 340 power. Now the extra power might mean and improved dynamics.

Currently, the most powerful version of the model is Ingolstadt 300-hp Audi S3, which debuted this year. We have already managed to try out this new product. Details - in the material , "Test-drive Audi RS 6 Avant and the Audi S3. Gifts for the anniversary " .

In 2016, Audi will launch a new compact crossover. It is a model Audi Q1, which will be built on a common basis with the Volkswagen Polo, reports Auto Bild.

New products will reach 3.8 meters in length, but despite the typical off-road look and increased ground clearance, will be all the same psevdokrossover - for example, there will be no all-wheel drive.

But Audi Q1 should take another - the model will be one of the cheapest in the line of the manufacturer from Ingolstadt.The starting price for the novelty will start with a mark of less than 20 000 euros. As for the engine line, it will be adopted from the Audi A1. The base will be the 1.4-liter petrol turbo and 1.4-liter turbo diesel, both 90 hp The engines will be paired with a 7-speed dual clutch transmission.

The top version will be the Audi SQ1, which will be powered by a 2.0-liter gasoline engine produces 231 hp But that's not all - the 2018 list of modifications to be added hybrid crossover that will combine a 1.2-liter petrol engine (110 hp) and a 109-horsepower electric motor. Moreover, this car can consume only 1.5 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers and travel up to 50 miles on electric alone.

By the way, it is - is not the only novelty of the Audi. For the second half of 2013, the Germans can show SUV Audi Q7 new generation .

The new generation Audi Q7 will be presented only in the second half of next year (and it is likely that sales will begin only in 2015), but the Germans have already started testing "ku-seven." How will this model is still hard to say, but some technical details are known about this car now.

Apparently, based on the second generation Q7 will be a new platform called MLB. This will be the second universal "truck", developed by engineers of Volkswagen, but if already known to us under the symbol MQB platform is designed for compact and mid-size models (for example, for Volkswagen Golf or Skoda Octavia), then MLB will serve as the basis for large machines. For example, such as the new Volkswagen Touareg, SUV brand Bentley or Audi Q7.

It is expected that this new platform Q7 second generation current model becomes easier to 350-370 kg, which will not only improve the handling, but also to reduce fuel consumption. As for the engines, the main rate in Europe, of course, will be made ​​on diesel engines. The base will be the 3.0-liter V6 (258 hp). Who is this enough to be offered a diesel engine of 4.2 liters and 385 hp, plus there will be a hybrid model, where the diesel engine of 3.0 liters will work together with the electric motor. And the power of the latter will make 115 hp, which will be enough to drive around the city without the use of internal combustion engines. Not to be forgotten about and Audi petrol engines - they will produce between 310 hp up to 435 hp Plus should appear "charged" model, which will receive about 500-600 "horses". However, accurate information on these versions yet.