New Delhi: ‘Q’ is set to return to India as the German luxury car maker Audi restart the local assembly of its SUV range after a gap almost two years.
Apparently driving in models like the Q5 and Q7 immediately.
Audi has discontinued making the Q series SUV in India around the beginning of January last year as the country is preparing for the transition to BS6 emission norms from April 2020, and the company stopped sales of diesel engine models.
“However, it’s time we start making QS in India again.
Production begins next month because we also start working on getting the Q5, Q7, Q3 and other SUVs were popular back to India,” Audi India Balbir Dhillon told TOI, adding that all cars will use the gasoline engine at the moment because there is nothing confirmed a decision on the re-launch of diesel.
Q Stands Quattro, which is Audi’s all-wheel drive system.
India company originally debuted in around 2007 raised the success and popularity of the Q series SUV, despite the tough competition by compatriot Mercedes-Benz and BMW in the last few years have seen the Audi lost steam in the market.
From the highest sales of 10,000 units at its peak, sales of Audi India now shrunk to a few thousand units, although Dhillon said that according to the business plan fresh, who see the company stop diesel and focus on sustainable technologies, including power companies, including power companies, including power companies, including electricity.
“Electrics will be the main focus for Audi in India,” said Dhillon.
Audi Etron range of green cars cost upwards of Rs 1 crore.