2019 Audi Q3: Tested This Week
2019 Audi Q3 - The new Q3 will also feature a six-mode dynamic handling system with Auto, Comfort, Dynamic, Efficiency, Off-Road and Individual settings. Available safety tech includes forward emergency braking, rear cross-traffic alert, adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning.
2019 Audi Q3 - Built on the Volkswagen Group’s MQB transverse-engine architecture, the new Q3 is longer, wider and lower than its predecessor, and it also looks much more athletic with A5-styled svelte haunches over the wheel wells.
2019 Audi Q3 - For North America, the likely choices will be the Q3 40 TFSI, which is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine developing 188 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque, mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic and quattro all-wheel drive, as well as the Q3 45 TFSI, with power and torque uprated to 227 horsepower and 258 pound-feet.
2019 Audi Q3 - The new Q3 will also feature a six-mode dynamic handling system with Auto, Comfort, Dynamic, Efficiency, Off-Road and Individual settings. Available safety tech includes forward emergency braking, rear cross-traffic alert, adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning.
2019 Audi Q3 - The new dashboard design features the Audi virtual cockpit digital instrument panel and a new infotainment screen that is positioned in the lower part of the dashboard, angled towards the driver with conventional HVAC controls sitting right below. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto come standard as do four USB ports, two in front and two at the rear where a 12-volt outlet is also found.
2019 Audi Q3 - The new Q3 rides on a wheelbase that is some 7.8 centimetres longer, making the cabin roomier and allowing for a 15-centimetre fore-and-aft adjustment of the second-row 40/20/40 seats that also recline.
2019 Audi Q3 - Circle back here soon for full details and driving impressions on the new second-generation Audi Q3 SUV, which should arrive at Canadian dealerships in 2019.
