Future Audi Models

String of new Audi models on the way

• A5 Coupe launches by summer next year
• Q5 4x4 follows in 2008 to slot underneath Q7
• High-power S3 first to arrive by the end of 2006
Audi has confirmed a raft of new models including a high-performance S3, all-new A5 coupe and a Q5 compact 4x4 to sit beneath the Q7.

The powerful S3 will be the first to arrive with a launch date some time later this year and a price tag of about £27,000. Little is known about the sporty A3, but it's thought to have a turbocharged, direct-injection petrol engine with an output of around 270bhp.

Next to arrive in showrooms will be the A5. The coupe will use many of the mechanical parts from the next A4, expected around 2008, and will probably be between the A4 and A6 in size.

It's tipped to follow Audi's Nuvolari concept car in styling which is used as the basis of the computer-generated images you see here. Budget for around £25,000.

Audi has also confirmed that in 2008 it will launch a smaller 4x4 to slot underneath the Q7. The Q5 will offer five-seats to the Q7's seven, and rival the BMW X3. Our computer-generated images should give a good idea of what it's going to look like. Expect to pay from about £30,000.

Mercedes is also working on a compact 4x4, built around next year's new C-Class platform, and will also launch its car in 2008.