Audi to expand Q range with Q8 and Q4

Audi has announced plans to expand its portfolio with two new Q models. Production of the Q8 will start in Bratislava (Slovakia) in 2018 and the first Audi Q4 will drive off the assembly line in Győr (Hungary) in 2019.

“We will integrate two completely new Q‑models into the existing production network and will thus increase our competitiveness in an extremely important segment,” said Audi’s Board of Management Member for Production and Logistics, Prof. Dr. Hubert Waltl.

With the Q8, Audi will open up a new segment for its top-end models. The premium SUV in a coupe style combines great spaciousness with emotive design and offers the latest technologies in assistance and infotainment systems. Audi will produce the model in Bratislava as of 2018. The Q7 has already been produced at the Slovakian plant since 2005. Meanwhile, the second generation of the large SUV is in production there, as an S version and as the Q7 e-tron plug-in hybrid.

In 2019, production of the Q4 compact UV will start at Audi Hungaria in Győr. The sporty Q4 with its typical coupe-style silhouette will be positioned between the Q3 and Q5. And as of 2018, Audi Hungaria will also be responsible for production of the Q3 compact SUV, which until then will continue to be produced in Martorell, Spain.