AUDI Q3 OFFICIALLY UNVEILED
Audi Q3 clearly apparent Smallest-ever Audi SUV revealed, as administration yield action to Qashqai and Kuga, abundant blueprint options central and out accord huge abeyant for customisation
After years of speculation and abundant snatched spy shots, Audi has assuredly appear pictures and data of its smallest-ever SUV: the Q3.
The newcomer is set to be apparent at the Shanghai Auto Show appear the end of April, and will be a exceptional battling to the Nissan Qashqai and Ford Kuga. Measuring in at 4.39 metres long, it’s alone 8cm bigger than Nissan’s accepted crossover.
Its looks are characterised by brittle lines, a angled roof and a rear aggressive by the A1 city-limits car. Specify xenon-plus headlamps, and a set of beautiful LED band appendage units is included. At the front, the wedge-shaped lights and ample hexagonal grille yield cues from the A6 saloon.Â
The berth is up to Audi’s typically top standards, but customisation is a key allotment of the Q3’s appeal. Buyers will be offered a alternative of 5 autogenous colours: black, grey, biscuit and two shades of brown. That’sÂ
on top of three bolt and three covering bench designs, as able-bodied as four trim options. The extras list is extensive, with ambient lighting, a across-the-board sunroof, acrimonious seats, keyless go and auto altitude ascendancy available.Â
Practicality impresses, too: there’s 460 litres of cossack amplitude with all 5 seats in place, and this expands to 1,365 litres with the rear chairs folded. Carrying accommodation is added boosted by standard-fit roof rails.
From launch, the Q3 can be ordered with a 2.0-litre TFSI engine bearing 168bhp or 208bhp, and a 2.0-litre TDI with 175bhp. A 138bhp adaptation of the oil-burner will access later, but as it will be offered with front-wheel drive only, this model promises 54.3mpg.Â
Both petrol units and the more able agent come with quattro all-wheel drive as standard, and the range-topping 208bhp alternative is able to dart from 0-62mph in 6.9 abnormal and go on to 143mph. The added able-bodied petrol and agent units are akin to Audi’s quick-shifting S tronic twin-clutch box, while the beneath able variants accomplish do with a six-speed manual.
A ablaze 1,500kg kerbweight – accomplished partly through the use of aluminium for the beanie and tailgate – agency the car should prove active in bends. Audi has even included a torque vectoring arrangement which brakes the central auto during harder cornering.Â
Order books for the Q3 open in June, with prices from about £25,000, and the aboriginal deliveries are due to be fabricated in November.
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