Audi Sport Confirms US Getting Eight New Models
The international media has made a big deal about how many new cars Audi’s in-house tuning brand, Audi Sport GmbH, will be producing in the coming months.
Now, though, Americans can get excited too, as Audi USA boss Scott Keogh confirmed at the New York International Auto Show that we will be getting eight new Audi Sport models in the next 24 months.
Audi Sport handles RS cars and the R8. Three of those new cars, headed for America, are at NYIAS already. They are the TT RS, the RS3 Sedan, and the RS5 coupe, all headed to dealerships soon. The next model, we can say with some confidence (and a little bit of wishful thinking), will be the next generation RS4 Avant, which we’ve seen testing at the Nurburgring.
SEE ALSO: Audi Sport Boss Hints a Hypercar ‘Might Be a Good Idea’
What the remaining four models will be, though, is less clear. Hints that they will be based on Audi’s bigger cars, though, have been peppered out. Stephan Winkelmann, head of Audi Sport, told Australian media recently that hopped up SUVs were likely, and reiterated last night that Audi Sport is taking a more global approach to car design.
That doesn’t mean, says Winkelmann, that Avants are at risk of being discontinued, just that money makers won’t be ignored, so an RS Q5 could be on its way.
A version of this story originally appeared on Fourtitude
Discuss this story on our Audi Forum
Sebastien is a roving reporter who covers Euros, domestics, and all things enthusiast. He has been writing about the automotive industry for four years and obsessed with it his whole life. He studied English at the Wilfrid Laurier University. Sebastien also edits for AutoGuide's sister sites VW Vortex, Fourtitude, Swedespeed, GM Inside News, All Ford Mustangs, and more.
More by Sebastien Bell
Comments
Join the conversation