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AUTO CHINA 2008.(News)
Byline: GREG KABLE
Some of this looks vaguely familiar With Beijing's huge event, the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, still a few months off, the city's biggest draw for car enthusiasts-Auto China 2008, a.k.a. the Beijing motor show-took center stage in April. Here's a rundown.
Audi With more than 100,000 sales in 2007, China is now Audi's second-largest market after Germany (U.S. sales totaled 93,506 in 2007). So it was no surprise that Audi chose Beijing to reveal its 2009 Q5. Ingolstadt's eagerly awaited challenger to the BMW X3 looks more progressive in the metal than it does in photographs, with subtle styling nuances such as the old S2 Quattro-inspired front-wheel-arch treatment and the Q7-like clamshell tailgate.
The A4-based Q5 will come to the States equipped with a 3.2-liter, 270-hp, 243-lb-ft V6 linked to a six-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission. The Q5 goes on sale stateside in the first quarter of 2009.
What's next: Company executives have confirmed that the Q5 will be Audi's first hybrid model offered to customers. It goes on sale in early 2010.
Mercedes-Benz We've seen the GLK in several concept guises; in China, the German automaker finally has pulled the wraps off the production version of its new sport/utility vehicle. Based on a modified C-Class 4Matic and powered by a 3.5-liter, 272-hp V6, the sub-ML goes on sale in the States in January.
Buick When you look at Buick's Invicta sedan concept, you're looking at a mildly camouflaged replacement for the front-drive Buick LaCrosse, which goes on sale in 2009. The Invicta incorporates design cues seen on the Riviera coupe concept shown at Shanghai last year. China is Buick's biggest market, with 332,115 sales in 2007, compared with just 185,791 in the United States.
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Source: HighBeam Research, AUTO CHINA 2008.(News)