A brand new report says that Audi goes to launch an all-electric 4×4 SUV meant to rival the Land Rover Defender and the Mercedes-Benz G-Class. The boxy SUV would journey on the identical ladder platform destined for the upcoming revival of the Scout model.
In response to Autocar, the highest brass at Audi is near greenlighting the plan outlined above and it’s fully separate from the Activesphere idea. Audi’s head of design Marc Lichte says that the brand new SUV wouldn’t journey on the PPE platform used between Porsche and Audi nor wouldn’t it leverage the Ford Ranger chassis set to finish up included in a future VW SUV.
The automobile may very well be on monitor for manufacturing by 2027, which removes the likelihood that it will use the upcoming SSP platform. That leaves the Scout EVs ladder chassis, which makes a whole lot of sense for a automotive of this nature and intention because the Scout is already set to be an off-road-focused SUV.
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And as Autocar factors out, VW is rumored to be contemplating Magna, a Canadian parts firm (that already builds the G-Class in Austria) for the contract to construct Scout automobiles. Audi is definitely already working with Magna relating to battery expertise.
Why soar into this phase the place Land Rover and Mercedes have dominated for thus lengthy? Lichte had a solution for that.
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“If you concentrate on the historical past of Audi – the rallying success within the ’80s with the Quattro and Sport Quattro – it’s straightforward to elucidate why Audi wants a automotive like this. And if we speak about Quattro 2.0, it matches much more. I feel there’s area” for a rugged SUV in Audi’s passenger automotive line-up, he mentioned. “There may be potential as a result of there are solely two premium gamers… and I feel there’s a area for a 3rd one”.
