Audi Q3 News

Audi Australia has released pricing for the mid-range 40 TFSI S Line version of its new Q3 Sportback coupe-style small SUV, which is now in showrooms

Audi Australia has confirmed pricing for its second-generation RS Q3 high-performance SUV, deliveries of which are expected to begin in August

Audi Australia will launch its new Q3 Sportback coupe-style small SUV in March with two variants

Audi's long awaited 2020 Q3 launches with just one engine for now, but shines with impressive standard features.

Audi quietly kills off diesel variants of its smaller cars, but stops short of saying it's done with small diesels altogether.

Audi has revealed its new-generation Q3 RS small SUV, which will be available for the first time in coupe-style Sportback guise when the range hits local showrooms in Q2, 2020.The fresh design is headlined by a new grille, flared wheel arches, roof spoile

Audi’s new Q3 Sportback will bring the brand’s SUV range to six models when it enters Australian showrooms in the first half of next year, slotting between the Q3 small SUV and Q5 mid-sizer.Based on the same MQB platform that underpins the Q3 – as well as other Volkswagen Group cars such as the Audi TT, Volkswagen Golf and Skoda Octavia – the Q3 Sportback measures 4500mm long, 1840mm wide and 1560mm high.Compared to its Q3 sibling, Audi’s latest SUV is 16mm longer and 25mm lower, but also 16mm narrower. Both Audi small SUVs ride on the same 2680mm wheelbase.Aside from the sloping roofline, the Q3 Sportback is fitted with a black ‘Singleframe’ front grille, air intakes and splitter to differentiate itself from its more conventionally styled sibling.At the rear, the Q3 Sportback also sports a more prominent rear diffuser, while the black wheelarch cladding denotes its off-roading ambitions and quattro all-wheel-drive system available on some variants. Despite the different roofline, the Q3 Sportback matches the Q3 for boot volume with the rear seats in place at 530 litres. However, the former will only manage a 1400L load with the second row stowed compared to the latter’s 1525L figure.Audi is also touting a high level of rear-seat adjustment with 130mm of longitudinal movement, three individual backrests with seven-stage inclination for second-row passenger.Up front, passengers are treated to sports seats with heating as an option, while the cabin can also be specced up with contrast stitching, coloured stripes, Alcantara touches and ambient mood lighting.As standard, an all-digital 10.25-inch instrument screen is fitted, but buyers can option up to a 12.3-inch virtual cockpit display with extra functionality such as navigation instructions.Multimedia is handled by a 10.1-inch central touchscreen that is tilted 10 degrees towards the driver and features Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, as well as voice commands.In the European market, the Q3 Sportback is available with either a 169kW 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine in 45 TFSI quattro S tronic form, or a 110kW 2.0-litre diesel 35 TDI S tronic.However, Audi is promising that “additional engines will follow in the course of the year, including a more powerful diesel and an entry-level petrol engine, which works together with a 48-volt mild-hybrid system”.Also expect to see performance-orientated S and RS-badged variants down the line.Standard safety in the Q3 Sportback includes lane departure warning, a reversing camera, blind-spot monitoring and autonomous emergency braking, while adaptive cruise control, a surround-view monitor and rear-cross traffic alert are available as options.

In the way of its excellent and mildly hilarious Super Bowl commercial, 'The Cashew' Audi is set to unveil yet another desirable looking, Goldilocks-sized EV at the Geneva Motor Show.Audi is not releasing too many details but has confirmed the Q3-sized "premium compact SUV concept" will debut in Geneva on March 5.More enticingly, this 'concept' is likely to be very close to the production model the company is expected to reveal later in 2020, with deliveries expected to begin at the start of 2021.The as-yet-unnamed EV will be a sister model to Volkswagen's Golf-size I.D. Neo electric hatch, which goes on sale in Europe next year, and will sit on the same VW Group MEB electric-car architecture.If and when it goes into production the Audi would be built alongside the Neo at the VW factory in Zwickau, Germany, where the global giant is investing 1.2 billion euros in EVs, with the goal of producing as many as 330,000 of them a year, wearing VW, Audi and Seat badges.The Q3-sized but no doubt more futuristically styled SUV is part of Audi's attempt to fill out its EV line-up in a bid to take on Tesla, and Jaguar's I-Pace.The new MEB-based small SUV EV would join the Audi E-Tron, which is already for sale, with deliveries starting in Europe next month. The E-Tron will arrive in Australia later this year, with prices tipped to start around $140,000, but so far unconfirmed.Audi is seriously invested in EV technology, as its Super Bowl commercial indicates, and plans to have 12 full EV models in showrooms by 2025.

Audi has unveiled a new second-generation version of its compact Q3 SUV.

Manufacturers including Hyundai, Holden, Jeep, Peugeot, Citroen and Audi have all issued safety recalls for various models, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).