Recently, foreign media exposed a set of Audi's new flagship SUV road test spy photos, the new car block is larger than the current Q7/Q8, and BMW X7 / Mercedes-Benz GLS is positioned as a full-size SUV model, and according to the Audi SUV sequence naming system, this car or named Q9.
It is reported that the new Audi Q9 by the FAW-Volkswagen Chinese team led to complete its user demand research and market analysis, and the Chinese market feedback to the German team, the car is scheduled to be officially launched in 2023, the future will enter the Chinese market through import channels, the price is expected to reach the million level.
From the spy photos, the test car is still covered by tight camouflage, but it can already be clearly felt that the car is more inflated and burly than the Q7, and more "muscle" elements are also used in details such as the cabin canopy, wheel eyebrows and front and rear encirclement, further highlighting the sense of power.
In addition, the exposed front grille contour is also quite different from the active Audi, the middle is filled with a straight waterfall type network, the two sides are suspected to be split LED headlight design, and the tail is also most likely to be the same as the A8 is a through-type tail light design. As a "light factory", how Audi will deal with the "light show" of this flagship SUV is undoubtedly worth looking forward to.
In terms of power, the new car has a high probability and the current Audi A8 share the powertrain, equipped with a 3.0T V6 turbocharged engine with a 48V light hybrid system, referring to the latter, its maximum power is 250kW, the peak torque is 500N·m, and it is matched by the 8AT transmission. The mid-to-high-end model is expected to use the 2.9T V6 twin-turbo engine and the 4.0T V8 twin-turbo engine jointly developed by Audi and Porsche, which are widely used in Porsche, Bentley and Audi Sport series.