AUDI has launched full particulars of its all-new Q3 compact SUV for the European market, the mannequin vary anticipated to make its means Down Below earlier than the tip of this yr.
Providing what the German producer says is its most dynamic and muscularly styled physique but, the third-generation Q3 offers a extra spacious inside replete with the most recent connectivity and security options.
Visually, the Audi Q3 is characterised by a wider Singleframe grille, sleekly tapered headlights, a crisp horizontal shoulder line, and tail-lights designed to “visually divide the automotive into two elements”.
This distribution of sunshine and shadow exaggerates the visible proportions of the Q3, which in Sportback kind arrives decrease (-29mm) and extra rakish than earlier than, providing, Audi says, a “sportier look and sooner silhouette”.
As is now de rigueur elsewhere within the Audi vary, the Q3 options OLED digital tail-lights complemented by a steady LED strip throughout the tailgate.
On the entrance, Matrix LED headlights characteristic micro-LED expertise for improved illumination, whereas the daytime working lights – additionally with LED expertise – create a “distinctive mild signature” that make the Q3 simply recognisable on the street.
New wheel designs can be found ranging in diameter from 17- to twenty inches. Tyre width will increase from 215- to 235mm. The physique is on the market painted in a alternative of 11 colors.
Shifting again inside we discover a new steering wheel management unit that frees up actual property within the centre console, providing drivers what Audi says is a brand new consumer expertise and a greater sense of area. Two column levers present gear choice and indicator/mild/wiper management, mirroring the association supplied by Genesis, Mercedes-Benz, and others.
Acoustic glazing is on the market for the primary time, lowering noise ranges in a cabin that’s now enhanced by so-called Softwrap ending to melt the looks and really feel of the dashboard and doorways.
Upholstery selections will likely be decided by the trim grade chosen with fabric, synthetic leather-based, and real leather-based options.
Audi’s curved Digital Stage instrumentation and infotainment screens measure 11.9- and 12.8 inches respectively and are accompanied by a head-up show system in choose variants. A number of USB-C charging ports are joined by a wi-fi system charging pad, an LED ambient lighting package deal, elective 420-watt Sonos premium audio bundle, and way more.
Normal security applied sciences embrace adaptive cruise management, autonomous emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, driver consideration and fatigue monitoring, lane departure warning with emergency help, site visitors signal recognition, and extra.
Additional again, the Q3 presents 488 litres of cargo capability and as much as 1386 litres with the rear seats folded flat. Audi says the brand new Q3 boasts a towing capability of as much as 2100kg (braked), although it isn’t specified which variant this determine applies to.
Below the bonnet, the Q3 household is obtainable with a alternative of petrol, diesel, and plug-in hybrid powertrains acquainted to different fashions from throughout the Volkswagen Group.
These embrace a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol with 110kW/250Nm utilizing 6.6 litres per 100km on the mixed cycle and a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel with 110kW/360Nm sipping 5.8L/100km in front-wheel drive configuration; a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol growing 150kW/350Nm and consuming 8.4L/100km alongside a 195kW/400Nm different utilizing as much as 9.0L/100km in all-wheel drive configuration; and the e-hybrid PHEV which mixes a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with an electrical motor driving the entrance wheels and growing 200kW/400Nm of system output.
The e-hybrid is claimed to devour as little as 2.2L/100km on the mixed cycle with DC charging of the 19.7kWh (web) battery accessible at as much as 50kW “in splendid situations”. Charging from 10-80 per cent might be accomplished in lower than half-hour with an all-electric driving vary of as much as 119km (WTLP).
Along with the engines, Audi says it has additionally considerably improved the driving dynamics of the brand new Audi Q3, tailoring each the metal sprung association and twin-valve damping to offer a driving expertise “appropriate for on a regular basis use” that additionally “impresses with its agility”
The association is claimed to repeatedly react to the traits of the street floor and the present driving state of affairs, whereas contemplating parameters equivalent to steering, braking, and acceleration.
“With a complete of greater than two million autos bought worldwide for the reason that launch of the primary technology, the Audi Q3 is one among our best-selling fashions and has a excessive standing in our product portfolio,” stated Audi chief government officer Gernot DoÌÂllner.
“With the third technology of the Audi Q3, we’re renewing an essential mannequin household as a part of our product initiative and strengthening our vary with a strong plug-in hybrid and environment friendly combustion engines.
“The brand new mannequin combines effectivity, driving dynamics, and luxury.”
In its residence market, the brand new Audi Q3 will likely be priced from €44,600 ($A80,460) and is on the market from October. The Q3 Sportback will observe in November priced from €46,450 ($A83,800).
