Recently, at the SAIC Audi media communication meeting, Dr. Jia Mingdi, general manager of SAIC Audi's marketing business, said that there will be a C-class SUV listed in the first half of this year, and from the project construction documents, it is expected to be put into operation at the Hangzhou Bay New Area plant in Ningbo City in June, with an annual production capacity of 75,000 units, and will serve as a rival to SUVs such as BMW Brilliance X5L and Lincoln Aviator in the future.
There is a high probability that this C-class SUV is the Q6L. It is reported that audi Q6L is a joint research and development between China and Germany, exclusively for the domestic market, although from the naming point of view, it is between Q5L and Q7, but according to Audi's previous operations, its size is expected to be larger than the imported Audi Q7.
Previously, Audi's large SUV was also exposed in China to test the road spy photos, the basic design is very similar to the audi's current family design, and the place is not to use the new straight waterfall grille, which looks more imposing. At the same time, from the body part, it is obviously more slender than the Audi Q7, and lower, the sense of proportion is very good, and the rear part of the car is not designed to slip back, but also more consider the practicality.
In addition, media sources said that the Audi Q6L will use two powertrains of 2.0T L4 and 3.0T V6, matching the 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, and matching Audi's quattro four-wheel drive system, but the author believes that it is expected to be equipped with 2.0T, but the V6 version is estimated to be a 2.5T engine, that is, the EA390 engine equipped by Volkswagen Tuon, because the 3.0T EA839 engine is not currently in a horizontal version.
It is not difficult to see that this car is inextricably linked to SAIC Volkswagen Tuang, especially in the above picture, the tail shape and wheel style almost reproduce the Volkswagen Tuang, and it can be basically determined that the new car is developed based on the MQB platform.
Such a shell tunic, its nature is actually the same as the Cadillac XT6, based on the horizontal platform development of luxury brands in the large SUV, they and X5, Q7, GLE although the size of the same, or even better, but the horizontal vertical platform inherent cost is different, it should not be classified in a category of comparison. I expect it to be much cheaper than Q7, in the early 500,000s. FAW-Volkswagen Tanyue is about 100,000 cheaper than the FAW Audi Q3, and it is reasonable that the new Q6L is 100,000 more expensive than the 400,000 or so.
So, what will be the prospects for such a model that has somewhat disrupted the mid-size and large SUV of luxury brands? We'll see!