Audi’s quest to
overtake BMW as the number one premium car maker in the world took a slight
knock last quarter as it delivered 11 904
fewer cars globally than Bavaria.
Nevertheless that will not keep the good four rings down as it plans to accelerate its mission by bringing out
four new hi-performance RS models in
2013.
Said cars are the RS Q3, RS 6 Avant, RS 7 Sportback and the RS 5 Cabriolet. We are very excited about
the first three, but while the RS 6
Avant looks to be a very useful performance tool, it may not reach Mzansi at all, due to our natural aversion to station wagons.
Audi executives in Europe said that RS models, which traditionally were brought out about
two years before a model range was due for complete replacement, would not be launched
much sooner. You’ll now get our RS version no later than 2.5 years into a new model’s life cycle, or just before the
facelift.
This is excellent
news, because it means that the all-new A4, due out in 2014, will show off its
new RS 5 and RS 4 versions at the very latest in 2016, instead of what would
previously have been 2019. It also means the next RS 3, with about 270kW,
can now be expected before the middle of 2015.
2 comments:
I'm always salivating for RS cars
so Audi is getting ready to pounce on BMW? not a fat chance people not a fat chance!
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