Audi Middle East continues to expand its product portfolio in the region with a ‘dynamic range’ of new models and latest innovations at the Qatar Motor Show 2016.  
Audi is displaying three regional premieres at this year’s show, including the first RS model in the Q series - the Audi RS Q3.  The Audi SQ5 is also being shown for the first time together with the new S8 plus.
Also new for Qatar are the all-new Audi R8 and the all–new Audi A4, which feature the brands latest technology innovations. The Audi A8 Security Car boasts an array of outstanding protection features.  
Benoit Tiers, managing director of Audi Volkswagen Middle East said: “Qatar is an important market for Audi that has shown consistent growth, and the recent opening of the new workshop for Q-Auto has ensured our customers here are given an even better customer experience.”
With a power output of 605hp and a top speed of up to 305kph, the new Audi S8 plus has a body made almost entirely of aluminium. The design is based on the Audi Space Frame (ASF) and weighs just 231 kg – the lightest among the competition.
The new S8 plus reveals its position as the sportiest top model of the model series in its design detailing. The standard spoiler lip on the rear lid is painted in the exterior body colour, and it is also available in carbon fibre as an option. The flaps in the side air inlets and the blade on the front apron are made of carbon fibre too.
The mirror housings in body colour are optionally available in gloss black or carbon. The single-frame grille and double bars are in gloss black, while the honeycomb structure of the side air inlets and radiator screen are in matt black.
The trim strips on the side windows and at the rear are gleam in black. Distinctive design characteristics of the S8 plus also include darkened tail lights and a gloss black diffuser insert, which has an additional carbon surround. The dual-branch sport exhaust system branches into two oval gloss black tailpipes on the left and right. The S8 styling package is also available.
The second regional premiere on the Audi stand is the Audi RS Q3, the first RS model from the Q range. It takes just 4.8 seconds to complete the sprint from 0 to 100 km/h. The 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbo produces 340 hp and has an average fuel consumption of just 8.4 litres of fuel per 100 km.
An award-winning high-performance engine, the 2.5 TFSI, is at work under the hood of the RS Q3. This five-cylinder engine has been named ‘International Engine of the Year’ in its class for three consecutive years.
The new Audi SQ5, the third regional premiere on the Audi stand, produces 354hp and 470Nm of torque. It sprints from zero to 100kph in 5.3 seconds and has a top speed of 250kph.  
The new Audi SQ5 is powered by a free-revving, supercharged, three-litre V6 engine with a displacement of 2,995 cc. Its compressor sits in the 90-degree V of the cylinder banks and is belt-driven by the crankshaft. Two rotors inside the supercharger spin at over 20,000 rpm. The air gap between them is just a few thousandths of a millimetre. The supercharger compresses the intake air to as much as 0.8 bar; two intercoolers then cool it for greater power.
Also on show is ‘the most secure Audi ever,’ the Audi A8 L Security car, satisfying the criteria of the class VR 9 ballistic protection standard, currently the most stringent requirements for civilian high-security sedans.