Audi has apparently given up on inventing creative names for its concept cars. The brand's latest effort, called simply the Audi show car, is a small crossover that may preview an upcoming Q model. Currently, Audi has only released a few sketches, but says we'll see the concept in the sheetmetal in Detroit next month.

The concept sports two doors and rides high on 19-inch wheels. With a length of 13.78 feet, the Audi show car is roughly 7 inches shorter than the Q3, which arrives in the U.S. next year. Audi brought a similar small two-door crossover with a removable roof panel called the Crosslane Coupe to last year's Paris show, and recently confirmed that a Q1 was in the works, though the sketch for that model had four doors. Like the Q1 sketch, the Audi show car features a shooting brake-like roofline and comically large wheels. The concept also gets short overhangs and a horizontal "tornado" character line that runs across the doors. An aluminum skidplate is said to emphasize the crossover's width and protect the underbody when off-roading.The concept's E-tron badging hints at an electrified drivetrain, and the crossover shares styling cues with other E-tron concepts including a single-frame grille and side air inlets with "ribs." Narrow slits serve as the concept's headlights, which Audi says advance the Quattro design language previewed by the Sport Quattro concept shown at Frankfurt.It's still unknown if this is merely a design study or a show car with production intent, but whatever it is, we'll see more of it at the 2014 Detroit auto show in January.Source: Audi