On April 18, SAIC Audi celebrated its first anniversary with the appearance of its new model, the Audi Q6 for the Chinese market. Regarding this car, there have been declaration drawings and related information released before, the size is slightly larger than Q7, independent internal and external design language, the fourth generation EA888 2.0T engine, will provide 6-seat and 7-seat versions of two choices, is expected to be priced from 550,000 yuan.
SAIC Audi officially said that as early as 2016, Audi designers visited Beijing, Xi'an, Nanjing, Luoyang and other historical capitals several times to draw inspiration, and the Q6 design inspiration comes from the Chinese myth of the beast - Qilin . Compared with the SUV models sold by Audi, the lines used in this car are softer and fuller, and the new car also adopts a penetrating front face and force tail design, and the headlight openings on both sides of the middle net do have the artistic conception of the corner of the mouth of the beast.
SAIC Audi Q6 will launch two styles of administrative and sports, whether it is from the front face, side or rear of the car, the difference between the two styles is still quite obvious. The new car has a length, width and height of 5099/2014/1784mm, and a wheelbase of 2980mm, which comprehensively surpasses BBA's other domestic rival, the DOMESTIC BMW X5, in terms of three-dimensional size, but the wheelbase is slightly inferior to the 5060mm after the other party's lengthening. By the way, based on such a large size, the Q6 will also become the first domestic 7-seat medium and large SUV in BBA, and it has a little advantage over Q7, GLE and even domestic X5 in pricing.
The interior of the Q6 retains the usual style of Audi, but since it is developed for the Chinese market, it will definitely emphasize more luxurious decorations, and you can see that the new car has a circle of grid decoration extending from the center control to the door panel. In addition, the steering wheel style and the central control screen embedding method have also been redesigned, and the gear shift lever retains the style of the Audi family.
As a differentiator, SAIC Audi Q6 will provide a 6-seater version with a luxury orientation in terms of spatial layout, and a 7-seat version that meets the needs of multi-person travel for families, and from the information of the declaration chart, its 7-seat version of the model is likely to adopt a 2+2+3 layout. With the three-dimensional size as the basis, the spatial performance of the Q6 does not need to worry, and friends who are interested in its spatial performance can also refer to the spatial performance of the volkswagen Tuon.
The power part, continuing to be a pure fuel vehicle, will be equipped with the third generation EA888 2.0T engine, the low-power version with a maximum power of 231 horsepower, the high-power version with a maximum power of 265 horsepower, and a peak torque of 400 Nm. Matched with a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, the new model will also be available in a quadtro version.
The editor said: In the three major luxury brand BBA, Audi is the most thorough localization, from about 200,000 A3 to 40-50 million Q5L and A6L, the richness of the product line has all entered China, which brings difficulties to the latecomer SAIC Audi, where is his space? Now on the first anniversary of its establishment, saic oil Audi's tone is basically clear - go to the high-end, A7 is so, Q5 e-tron is the same, and now to Q6, from the size is first of all "Audi the world's largest SUV", this row is still online. Moreover, Audi's wave of operations is aimed at the blank of the 7-seat version of the first-line luxury brand domestic SUV. However, after all, the South Audi joint venture is just in the toddler stage, the foundation is shallow, and the achievements and the like must be slowed down.