Audi readying new crossover to rial the BMW X6

Audi is planning a new crossover to rival the BMW X6. Called the Q6, it would slot between the Q7 and Q5.

Audi has kicked off development of a new performance-orientated crossover model to directly counter the BMW X6.

It is called the Q6 and arieved North American showrooms. Nothing has been made official, but in an interview with the German media at the Geneva moter show. Audi boss Repert Stadler said: "we can imagine a model between the Q5 and Q7, which a coupelike, four- wheel-driven model."

Audi's decision to add the Q6 to its lineup which comes after lobbing calls from its Northe Amercian and Chinese subsidiaries for a standard-size SUV to under the BMW X6. The global sales of which more than doubled original pridictions in 2010.