Audi Q5
Hybrid SUV is set to launch in 2011
The automotive show circuit is in full
swing and many new concepts and production models are being unveiled
around the world. Several of the new concepts and unveilings are
hybrid or electric vehicles designed for better fuel economy.
Toyota
recently unveiled the concept for a new subcompact
hybrid vehicle selling for less than the Prius and promising
better fuel economy. The new subcompact is expected to hit showroom
floors in 2012 with production set to start in late 2011. Audi has
also confirmed its first hybrid vehicle is coming to market in the
first part of 2011.
The hybrid is the Q5
and the vehicle is a 4-door “crossover” SUV. The hybrid is
expected to debut officially at the 2010 L.A. Auto Show and then hit
dealers in early 2011. Audi isn’t offering much detail on the Q5
other than to say the vehicle is coming.
Autoblog
figures that the Q5 will use components from the hybrid versions of
the VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne. The vehicle is expected to use a
lithium-ion battery pack.
Along with the official Q5
announcement, Audi also announced that it plans to expand its line
from 34 vehicles to 42 by 2015. Among the notable new models coming
in 2010 are the A1, A7, an all-new A8, and a convertible version of
the R8 called the R8 Spyder.
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