Audi Q3 2012 Review

Audi is venturing into a new market segment: the Audi Q3 SUV is a premium, a compact-class format. This is an athletic, powerful and versatile - a vehicle that is just as beautiful, or SUV. Each section has the technology Audi Q3 - the body, transmission, chassis and assistance and multimedia systems. Many of its solutions directly to luxury.

The Q3 is immediately recognizable as the youngest member of the Audi family. The coupe lines are an expression of its sporty character. Strong frame nicely curved edges of the sheet metal surfaces and lights to accentuate the distinctive front and rear. The wedge-shaped headlights are optional units with more than xenon and LED daytime running lights, which also combines with LED taillights Audi.

Audi Q3 2012
Audi Q3 2012
The low roofline that begins to decline very early and very flat D-pillars emphasize the dynamics of the Audi Q3. Add-on parts are available in several variants - customers can choose between black, anthracite or body color. There is also a choice of two external packages.

The basic version of the Audi Q3, which will be available later, weighs 1445 kg (3186 pounds). His cell rigid, safe and quiet residential incorporates a number of ultra-high strength steel. Both the hood and tailgate are made of aluminum. As is typical for models of Audi Q, the tail lights are integrated into one piece tailgate that wraps around the columns. At only 0.32, the drag coefficient is abnormally low. The compact SUV is 4.39 meters (14.40 feet) long, 1.83 meters (6.00 feet) wide and 1.59 meters (5.22 feet) high.

Audi Q3 2012
Audi Q3 2012

Audi Q3 offers plenty of room for all five passengers, and sets new ergonomic standards and professionalism. A wide range of interior materials and colors offers endless opportunities to express their personal style. Wrap-around, a great arc extending from one port to another, is a design feature borrowed from the great range of Audi models.

The start of the compact SUV has a capacity of 460 liters (16.24 cu ft), which may be increased to 1,365 liters (48.20 cubic feet) by folding down the split rear seatbacks. Roof rails as standard. Many useful features, including a boot package and a pass-through door, make Q3 even more versatile and practical in daily use.

Appearance.

Robust, powerful, sporty - the Audi Q3 has a unique position of the road. Its advanced design is perfectly integrated into the design language of the brand. Audi is known to have many ideas and innovations of its program cars to production vehicles. Q3 takes the concept of the Coupé quattro Cross is presented 2007.

Its dimensions express the dynamic lines of the figure. The compact SUV is 4385 mm long (14.39 m) long and 1,831 millimeters (6.01 m) wide, but just 1,590 millimeters (5.22 m) tall (without antenna and roof rails). The wheelbase measures 2,603 ​​millimeters (8.54 m), the overhangs are short. The coupe-like roofline and sloping D-posts strong Q3 a sporty silhouette.

The deeply sculpted front of the vehicle and set a strong accent. The upper corners of the image is one of the radiator grille is smoothed, and the lattice is dominated by vertical elements. Two lines will move on the side of the hood. Large air intakes with horizontal bars highlight the strong appearance of a compact SUV and a standard fog lights.

Like its big brothers, Q5 and Q7 are the headlights of the Audi Q3 wedge. They are driven into the body, and turn signals are located behind a mist covered with aluminum fascia complex.

As with all Audi daytime running lights standard by standard halogen headlights. With the optional xenon units are implemented and two daytime LEDs, which together use only 10 watts, and if the light is emitted through an optical fiber. The light guide forms a flat, U-shaped clamp that is open to the outside.

The headlights can be combined with the optional help Make high - a first in the compact SUV segment. The system uses a small camera to detect other vehicles and automatically switches between high and low beams. Another option premium is the illumination light adaptation, dynamic curves.

Interior.

The interior of the Audi Q3 style mirrors nervous and muscular exterior design. The wrap-around, a large arch above the instrument panel and extending from one gate to another, is a design feature taken from the series of branded consumer model. The elegance of the exploration of the instrument panel has a horizontal step in the large dial on the passenger side.

The center console is wide and skewed slightly towards the driver. The clean design and intuitive to all switches and controls in it - the audio control unit and MMI, the band changes with secondary and terminal air conditioning - are exemplary.

Manual air conditioning is standard. Deluxe dual-zone automatic climate control, which considers the position of the sun and moisture availability. Large orders, which are spring, are the obvious visual and tactile. A display shows the temperature in each zone. The transition to the center console houses the power button to power up, the audio packets with the convenience key option.

The screen of 6.5 inches or 7.0 inches (standard with radio and concert), is sucked into the dashboard. If you press the top edge of the screen down, it extends upward in a smooth, even movement in an excellent position where it can be read quickly. The folding screen with its glossy black frame is a visual and technical peak in the category of compact SUVs.

The instrument panel under the hood also speaks the language elegant rounded Audi. The speedometer and tachometer, which have been the coolant temperature and fuel gauges built, have black dials, white numerals and red needles. At night, the instruments are lit in white, the red buttons.

Among the tools is the center of the digital display. The information for the Audi driver is available with a blank screen or color. The system pools all the key information of the audio sources, phone, vehicle navigation system. It is divided into three display areas. A clever concept form, it is very easy to use.

Integrated into the driver's information system is the onboard computer with efficiency program. The team is pointed at the driver to pass fuel. On models with manual transmission, an enlarged view of the gear shift indicator shows when it is appropriate to shift gears. Another feature provides information on what consumers on board, such as air conditioning or heating rear window is activated and how they affect fuel consumption.

The Audi Q3 this new generation of flight, which began in the A8 luxury sedan. They can be adjusted in a range of 50 millimeters (1.97 inches) vertically and horizontally, characteristic of a lightweight magnesium skeleton is wrapped in leather as standard.

Divide the bottom radius of the wheel three-spoke sport is an attractive and unique model of family Q. The two upper shelves can be optionally equipped with levers, buttons and rotating cylinders that the pilot uses to control the trip computer, telephone and audio system. Shift paddles for S tronic is another option.