Audi Q2 2.0 TFSI Quattro 2018 review

Very nicely. The Audi Q2 TFSI Quattro is an all-wheel drive in petrol. It’s a fun car to get around town in - fast and zippy so you can weave in and out of traffic easily. It has a 2.0-litre engine and has power to get up hills really quickly. 

Put your foot down and it drives swiftly with great handling. The steering wheel is a bit stiff to start with but by the end of the week I didn’t even notice it. It all just feels really great to drive. Audi has nailed the gearshift, and it swaps gears so easily, which is something not every car company has spent enough time on and it is really noticeable.

It has a 2.0-litre engine and has power to get up hills really quickly. (image credit: Dean McCartney)

The small turning circle and the size of the car means you’ll have less trouble parking, I certainly appreciated it when it came to doing the school run and the tired old game of finding a park. It made life easier this week. 

There’s also a good reverse parking camera that has a 360 degree view so you can see where you are in space and helps with parking in tight spots. 

I find smaller cars easier to get in and out of, but that’s probably due to my height, so as with everything, it’s a personal choice. There are two cupholders in the front, but none in the back. There is a bottle holder in each door and a small centre storage bin for keys and wallets plus pockets on the back of the front seats.

The best and most practical feature for a parent is the boot which opens with a hold of a button on the key - I can’t tell you how useful this is when you are loaded down with groceries (which seems to be the story of my life), you can open the boot on approach or as you leave, shutting the boot behind you.

The front was good for me and my 185cm husband, with enough leg and head room. It’s not as wide as a larger SUV so we were naturally seated closer together than we would be in a bigger family car but it doesn’t feel tight.

In the back there is enough room for my two girls, aged four and six, to happily sit with enough space between them. You can’t fit a third car seat in there though, I tried with a baby capsule in between a six month to seven year seat and a booster seat, and it just wouldn’t squish. If your third child is out of a car seat you might be able to get them in the middle, and if all children are out of car seats you will be fine to fit three kids in. 

The boot is not particularly spacious. At 355 litres, it only just pips a Volkswagon Polo, but is around the same as a Hyundai Kona. A Mini Countryman has 100 litres more boot space than the Q2, and the BMW X1 is 150 litres bigger. 

So it’s on the lower end for a small SUV. Still, we were able to fit our two weekender luggage bags in, as well as one for the children as we dropped them off at their grandma’s before heading into the sunset for our weekend away. 

With this Technik package, my test car’s multimedia screen was up-sized from a standard 7.0-inch to 8.2-inch. The car comes with Audi’s MMI sat nav technology which includes voice control and it has eight speakers, but you can upgrade to 10 speakers or even 14 if your heart so desires. The sound is pretty fab either way.

Voice control can be used to send texts and make phone calls so you never have to touch your phone while driving. (image credit: Dean McCartney)

Plug in your phone to be connected via Apple Carplay or Android Auto and your phone’s main apps will appear for use on the multimedia screen. You can also use voice control here to send texts and make phone calls so you never have to touch your phone while driving. 

The Audi Q2 TFSI Quattro comes in at $48,500, before you’ve bought any packages. Claimed fuel consumption is 6.5 litres for every 100km. 

Audi offers a three year/100,000km warranty with every car, and servicing is due every 12 months/15,000km.