The Audi Sport range is about to get bigger than it has ever been before according to current managing director Stefan Winkelmann. This is part of a strategy to make Audi Sport more prevalent among the likes of Mercedes-AMG and BMW M.
“Audi Sport is a great brand; it’s very focused, so we are having a lot to do. We have a lot of cars in the pipeline, we will launch eight new models by the end of the year 2018.” Winkelmann told the audience at Geneva this year.
Included in this line-up could very well be the RS3 Sedan, RS4 Avant, RS5 Coupe and Sportback, RS6 Avant and RS7 Sportback. An RS Q3 and RS Q8 are also assumed to form part of this extensive lineup to satisfy the performance SUV fans. The TT RS is already available in international markets so this model isn’t included in this update.
“Quattro, in our opinion, after 25 years was not really saying that much to the people, and Audi Sport is a headline to everything that is under the umbrella of sportiness inside Audi.” Winkelmann added as a critical point towards Audi’s previous performance branch; Quattro GmbH.
The full range will be complete by the end of 2018. The aforementioned line up also excludes all ‘S’ models which do add to Audi Sport’s presence, but on a smaller scale.
