Audi Ups the ante

摘要

Audi is launching a series of models in the coming months-several in market niches new to the automaker-as part of an ambitious 10-year plan to double its auto sales. By 2015, the company plans to have expanded the number of models it offers from 22 to 40. In the immediate future, the product push will see Audi enter the SUV market with the Q7 and the "supercar" market with the R8. Other new models confirmed for production include a crossover SUV (the Q5) and a large coupe (the A5) based on the aluminum-bodied Nuvolari concept that debuted in 2003.