Two Qs Better Than Three for Audi in U.S.

Audi of America Inc. isn’t budging when it comes to penciling the upcoming Q3 small cross/utility vehicle into its lineup in the U.S. It won’t.

The Q3, Audi’s smallest CUV yet, will be sold in Europe, with production launching at a plant in Martorell, Spain, in 2011. The Q3 was shown in concept form as the Cross Coupe at the 2007 Shanghai auto show with a 2L diesel engine under the hood.

But an unfavorable exchange rate and a logjam in Audi’s vehicle lineup, given its ...