To expand the range of sports models in Ingolstadt will create a special sub-brand.
Now RS-models are created division of Audi Quattro, but this name among fans of the brand most associated with the company's all-wheel drive than with a sports car. We are all competitors where both simpler: the BMW M division has, at Mercedes-Benz — AMG. Here and Audi will now Audi Sport.
Of course, the name the company has too, but it is known only in a narrow circle, among the professionals of motorsport, mostly — in endurance racing. It's time to public roads — decided in Ingolstadt.
Under the sub-brand Audi Sport will gather a great company of the models wearing the label RS — from the Audi RS 3 Sportback to the supercar Audi R8.
Promoting sub-brand started with peripheral markets. Motoring publication quoted the head of Audi's Australian Andrew Doyle, who announced that the model will have its own sports departments at dealerships and special conditions of service, and their owners — the right to participate in exclusive sporting events. And, of course, is not far off line extension «charged» sports car Audi.
