Audi's Johan De Nysschen talks future product at Fourtitude

Audi of America President Johan Nysschen recently went through the records of future product plans by the passionate Fourtitude forums on the website. In addition to clarifying the big news about the Audi diesel initiative in the U.S., plans to escape Nysschen some other product to make.

First, it confirms that the next generation will be sold as the A3 sedan in the U.S.. The Sportback will be interrupted, but the A3 Cabriolet range can reach the United States. The new A3 is a model 2013, but may not be available at the beginning of the year model. All they can say what we hope is that just as the concept car that looks unusual bowed in Geneva.

As for performance models, de Nysschen said that a variant is S of all cars in the area of ​​automobile manufacturers likely, and alludes to the S7 offered here. The RS5 is still scheduled to come next year, even if there is an elevator A5/S5 is in the United States has introduced during the winter.

Maintenance Fourtitude confirmed that the clean diesel versions of the Q5, A6 and A8 in the cards, probably with the 3.0-liter V6 TDI. The A4 is also planned to acquire a variation of TDI, but it will probably be powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder. The Q5 crossover is also a hybrid version, which comes on the market in 2012.