Audi is preparing to expand the A3 family. For the lucky compact of the Four Rings, now in its third series – the current version debuted at the 2012 Geneva – after 17 years of presence in the list and the first vehicle Vag – Volkswagen Audi is said to have been made on the VW MQB modular platform (Modular Querbaukasten), the next Frankfurt Motor Show promises to be a showcase for presenting a preview of a brand new A3 Mpv, which would take the name of V4.
The rumor, reported at this time on the Web, indicates that for the upcoming 2013 edition of the biennial German event (scheduled September 10 to 22) Audi could be exhibiting by a “derived” from the A3, characterized by a car body offered in dual configuration: 5-seater and 7-seater, from this prototype would give the “go” to a program of development of the corresponding final version, to make its debut in 2016.
It should be noted that Audi, in the past, had already addressed the MPV sector (Audi Roadjet Concept of 2006), and, in July 2012, the former head of Sales and Marketing for Audi, Peter Schwarzenbauer, had declared that a version of “multi – purpose “of A3 would have been set up on the MQB platform, suitably enlarged (judged suitable to the development of Mpv given its design flexibility that allows a higher driving position and a higher rear overhang, so as to accommodate a third row of seats), and to be equipped with a wide variety of engines, including il1.8 TFSI with 180 HP, the more powerful 2.0 TFSI 222 hp and, on the face of the models in diesel, the 2.0 TDI, offered in two power levels : 141 and 175 hp and ending with a hybrid version, which would match the 1.4 TFSI 148 hp, coupled to an electric motor of 107 hp.
