[Centurion]

Hmm no that I have thought about it, that might not be the Q5. That might be the production car of the Q7. Audi are very secretive about their new models and to expose the Q5 out in the open like that would lightly unorthodox of them.

[Yannis]

That's not the Q5 but a white Q7. If it was the Q5 they would had taken a pic of the rear as well.

[rev]

However, it's not unlikely that the Q5 will be basically a smaller Q7 and that means it will probably have almost the same looks.

[VroomVroom]

looks good.....hopefully it will be better than the x3....such as looks and ride....because they a rubbish in the x3...and these two are basically just mini version of there daddy's..the x5 and q7

[Tumbo]

Originally Posted by Bartek Sikorski

Auto Express shows it as well.

C'mon. That is the Q7 v12 tdi. No doubt!

[Bartek Sikorski]

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[Merc1]

Boy this time next year we're going to have a lot of vehicles in this category. Acura RDX, BMW X3, Mercedes GLK, Audi Q5, Infiniti EX35, Volvo XC60 for openers. Lexus and Cadillac are also rumored to be working on entries too.

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[RICHBOY]

Audi is setting its sights on a far larger slice of the US luxury car market with a plan to more than double its sales there to 200,000 by 2015.
Volkswagen's premium brand will retool its American dealership network and develop a new smaller sports utility vehicle, the Q5, to raise its game in the world's largest car market, where it is less successful than European rivals such as - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
"We are selling 95,000 [vehicles] now. By 2015 we want a doubling of the number," Ralph Weyler, Audi's head of marketing and sales, told the Financial Times.
Audi's ambitious US sales targets dovetail with plans by its parent to close the sales gap with industry leader Toyota by investing in markets and products where its competitors dominate, including in SUVs.
Martin Winterkorn, VW chief executive, wants the group to increase its global sales 10 per cent a year and exceed 8m units by 2010.
Audi speaks of becoming "the most successful premium brand in the world", with 1.5m sales by 2015, although BMW's own unit sales targets are even more ambitious. Audi's newest models are receiving rave reviews in Europe, and in China the brand outsells both BMW and Mercedes.
In the US the brand has underperformed since the 1980s, when reported problems with "unintended acceleration" of one of its cars hit its business.
Mercedes and BMW were quicker to develop SUVs, a popular vehicle format in the US. More recently, Audi has been successful with its Q7 SUV.
Audi planned to increase the quality of its dealers in the US, many of which are "multi-franchise" outfits selling its cars alongside those of other brands, Mr Weyler said.
The brand has about 110 exclusive dealers, and will maintain its focus on large metropolitan areas on the US coasts and cities such as Dallas, Houston and Chicago.
US luxury car sales are proving resilient in spite of recent - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER linked to the subprime mortgage crisis. BMW, Mercedes, Toyota's Lexus brand and Audi all reported higher sales in the year to August.
Unlike Mercedes and BMW, both of which have factories in the US, Audi had no plans for local production. "At the moment, we don't have adequate volume," Mr Weyler said.
VW is weighing the possibility of building its first US production plant.

[Yannis]

After giving a quick look to the article i fail to see where it says about Q5 in Frankfurt.

[klier]

Yannis, maybe there is/was some kind of VIP backstage Audi lounge too, where they show concepts and to-be-released cars???