We joke often of Audi’s ability to fill a niche.
Or, indeed, create a new one all of its own. Well, its spotted some numbers yet to be prefixed by a Q and, well, prefixed away. So there’ll be a large Q8 SUV next year, and a smaller Q4 in 2019. We’ve long suspected both will exist, mind, and the Q8 has been previewed recently by this very fetching concept car (pictured above). Yep, the slightly safe Audi styling of old is being binned for something far bolder. Hurrah! Described as a “premium SUV in a coupe style”, the Q8 will roll off the same Bratislava production line as the really quite good SQ7. We suspect an SQ8 might be a guilty pleasure of the highest order.

The Q4, meanwhile, will be built in Győr (it’s in Hungary), with production beginning a year after the Q8. Audi says the Q4 “will be positioned between the Audi Q3 and Q5” – much like the number four is positioned between three and five – and will no doubt be a bit curvier than either.

Perhaps it’ll look like a shrunken Q8, though we got a glimpse of a small coupe-like Audi SUV a few years ago, via the slightly surprising TT offroad concept.

So, many more Audi SUVs are coming. Those with a keen eye on Q-badged cars will spot that only leaves the Q1 and Q6 as missed niche-filling opportunities. What chance we’ll be able to buy both in five years’ time?

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