Crossovers command Audi's attention

Audi wants 25 percent of its sales to be plug-in hybrid or battery-electric vehicles by 2025. But that still leaves 75 percent of sales to come with gasoline or diesel engines, which is why the premium brand is busily redesigning, freshening and expanding its lineup, especially its crossovers.Audi's latest product improvements have included its Virtual Cockpit digital instrument cluster, and beginning with the A8 sedan, Level 3 autonomous driving.A3/S3/RS 3: Audi's smallest sedan will be redesigned in 2020 and moved onto Volkswagen Group's MQB platform. A freshening in 2017 included the addition of the Audi Virtual Cockpit and other driver-assist technology.A4/S4: A freshening is planned for 2020 after the A4's redesign for 2017. Future Product: Volkswagen, Audi timeline PDF: Volkswagen, Audi Future ProductsFuture Product Pipeline A5/S5/RS 5: After a redesign this year, a freshening won't be in the offing until 2020, based on traditional planning cycles. An RS 5 Coupe will arrive in the U.S. in first half of 2018 with a 450-hp twin-turbocharged V-6 engine.A6/S6: Redesigned sedans are due in 2020, and will launch with turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder and 3.0-liter V-6 engines. Expect the e-tron plug-in hybrid global powertrain to also be available in the U.S.A7/S7/RS 7: A new generation of Audi's fastback sedan will arrive in 2020. The redesign will be closely based on the Prologue concept series from Audi design chief Marc Lichte. Redesigns of the sporty S7 and high-performance RS 7 variants will follow, as will an e-tron plug-in hybrid model. A8/S8: Though it was shown this summer in Barcelona, Spain, the redesigned flagship A8 sedan won't come the U.S. until the second half of 2018. When it arrives, it will feature Audi's Traffic Jam Pilot, which the brand claims will be the first-ever Level 3 autonomous driving system.

Crossovers command Audi's attention

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