A lot of American consumers were disappointed when the Audi Allroad was sent to the guillotine in 2005. Based on the A6 Avant, the Allroad’s positioning as a more-than-a-wagon, less-than-an-SUV made it a versatile performer, but middling sales meant that U.S. consumers never got a crack at the second-generation model available overseas since 2006.

Judging by this newest prototype and a similar one spied back in February, it appears that the current Allroad will get an A4 Avant-based kid brother. Spy shots show a such a car testing in the kind of latitude that is home to the Audi A4 Avant’s primary competition, Volvo’s XC70, not to mention the Saab 9-3X that’s right around the corner. With everyone going back to the ’small ball’ playbook for a while, maybe Audi has the timing right this time. The only question now is: will it come to the States?

[Source: EVO]

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