Quick, Let’s Make Fun of the Audi SQ2…

The performance division continues to work on a microwaved Q2.

Spy shooters have captured Audi engineers hard at work evaluating the SQ2 which should arrive sometime next year. This is only the second time a prototype has been spotted in public after Audi filed a global trademark for the ‘SQ2 name back in 2013.

From head-on, the car doesn’t look all that impressive, the only potential clue to its identity being a set of slightly enlarged air intakes, but out back the quad exhaust pipes confirm its provenance. The prototype’s small alloy wheels barely can barely cope with concealing the SQ2’s big performance brakes, expect larger wheels and fender flares come production.

sq2-tex

The SQ2 is expected to share a powertrain with the latest iteration of the S3, which uses a 306-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder paired with Audi’s Quattro all-wheel-drive system. It’s possible the cocaine-infused crossover will make use of a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission.

Allegedly, Audi is even toying with the idea of eventually adding an even angrier RS Q2 version which would use the company’s venerable 360-hp five-cylinder.

Regardless, look for the SQ2 to make its official debut at next year’s Geneva Motor Show.

The post Quick, Let’s Make Fun of the Audi SQ2… appeared first on VWVortex.

from VWVortex http://ift.tt/2BFogyD
via IFTTT

Comments

Review: Saying Goodbye to the CC V6

For all its size and its global reach, Volkswagen is still, in many ways, a deeply human company. There was, for instance, the Bugatti Veyron an ego project if ever there was one. Then the purchase of Ducati, a move most called folly. And then there was the Phaeton, the Volkswagen that most folks can’t afford. Not only were these moves all strange, I’m sure that they made VW’s accountants furious. None of them made good business sense, but they were all deeply interesting and they all are evidence of the heart that beats at the center of VW. Among these follies is the CC, a car that everyone agrees is rakishly handsome, but that no one really wanted to buy. The car couldn’t last, but the world is brighter for its having been in it. With the approach debut of the Arteon, it seems like a good time to look back on its sadly departing predecessor. The version I drove, because I live in Canada, is a V6 Wolfsburg Edition, which apparently isn’t available in the States. Nor is the V6, not as...

T-Prime Makes World Premiere at Beijing

[ See image gallery at www.vwvortex.com ] The SUV segment is one of the fastest growing segments in the world and Volkswagen is showing the world how to do it. With the new T-Prime Concept GTE that was revealed today, the company is showing off all of the technology you can look for in its coming models. The T-Prime is a full-size hybrid SUV that can go up to 31 miles on a charge and gets 87 mpg. The hybrid power station is good for 375 hp and 516 lb/ft of torque and puts the power down with 4MOTION all wheel drive. It’ll get you up to 60 in six seconds. The concept’s real party piece, though, is its interior, which features exclusively touch, gesture, and voice controls. Everything from the infotainment, to the display, and even the gears are controlled by touch-screen. The T-Prime Concept GTE is bigger than the Touareg, and design elements are likely to find their way into all of their SUVs, of which there will be many. Volkswagen is also announcing that they expect to make an S...

Audi Teases the e-tron’s Headlights Ahead of LA Reveal

Audi will unveil its new electric car, the e-tron GT, in just a few short days, but until then, it will do what manufacturers can’t help but do and will tease it mercilessly. The latest teaser images first appeared on Germany’s Bild , and feature some of the EV’s lighting. While the taillights look reasonably familiar, albeit on an interesting, angular surface, the headlights feature a heretofore unseen light shape. The X-shape (or maybe an R-shape, from the right angle) in the middle of the e-tron GT’s headlights set it apart from the rest of the lineup, even the e-tron SUV (whose lights look R8-ish with their angular check-shaped top line.) #Sneak Peek: the #Audi #etron GT concept – stay tuned for the big #world #premiere on November 28. pic.twitter.com/NIg0z6bIwR — AUDI AG (@Audi_Press) November 25, 2018 The long and low sedan will be based on the same platform as the Porsche Taycan, which is said to hit 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds and whose batteries will all be stowed...

Vorderman Volkswagen

Search This Blog