Audi Q3 Sportback SUV 2020 in-depth review | carwow Reviews

This is the new Audi Q3 Sportback now because it is a Sportback, it has a sportier rear and it is effectively like a normal Q3 that wears the cap backwards, cooler. Yes, did you notice the error? It's a BMW cup. Sorry anyway, this car is actually a bit more. Expensive than the regular Q3 because it's cooler starts from £32,000 but you can save an average of £3k on one through the drive. Now, if you get a car, you can use it as a car comparison website, basically, so you can compare deals. leasing, check out all the different cars in our

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You can do all the same there and get a car valuation tool and even scan license plates for information. any car that crosses the street, so let's get to that. Let's start this

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by talking about the design of the q3

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because that's what this car is all about, so it has a sleeker rear end than the different bumper design of the standard q3 and it also has a diffuser like the ones racing cars have. , it's fake, it screws everything up, but I'm glad there are no fake exhausts, looks like Audis finally left it with a fake exhaust, thank goodness for that, you really noticed the design changes in the side profile.

It looks good and this section here with the haunches reminds me a little bit of a Bentley Bentayga, which is actually the best part of the Bentley Bentayga because the rest of the car looks a little like this, although looking at this, it's pretty clever. like in this color, this color is quite striking on the front, it's very similar to the regular q3, it looks a little brighter and the key is this grill, it's different, it has this interlocking thing, so the real geek fans of Audi will do it. Be able to see it if it is in your rearview mirror.

It's important here, at the front of the Q3 Sportback, it's virtually identical to the regular Q3. It has a very modern design. I quite like it and in this car in particular. I have alcantara on the dash, it's nice and soft on the top of the dash too and the panels feel solid, it's just that some of the materials underneath are actually a little cheaper than you'd imagine on an

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q3. the layout is quite intuitive, it has several driving controls, it has the heating controls and then the infotainment system, and that brings me to the equipment list for this car, the q3

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range starts with the sport model and you get a large central infotainment screen with Apple Carplay and Android Auto and built-in satellite navigation, you also get a fully digital driver's display and dual-zone climate control, cool LED headlights and taillights and scroll indicators, there's also cruise control, lane departure warning and automatic emergency braking S-Line versions add some styling upgrades, including partial leather seats.

S-line sports steering wheel. Aluminum moldings on the dashboard and aluminum pedals. Precious. There is also ambient lighting for the interior. You have six very similar colors. You see it lighting up the quattro badge. There's also door moldings and stuff like that too and then there's the rear privacy glass so you can do bad things in the back seats. Then there's a top-of-the-range Vorsprong model that has a Bang Olufsen stereo adaptive suspension that you can make firmer or softer with a glass roof. while charging your mobile phone and a 360-degree surround view camera system, self-parking capability and adaptive cruise control with tilt-hold assist anyway, let's continue this review by talking about the infotainment system , so it's actually pretty easy to use, the menus are nice and big. it's well laid out, you have these shortcut buttons on the side, the only thing is that being a touch screen it's not as easy to use as the older

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systems when you operated them with a rotary wheel, yes it finally works It stays still, but when you drive, it's a little more complicated now that the more expensive Audi models have screens that vibrate when you press them on your mobile phone so you know you've pressed a button, but this one doesn't because it's slightly lower in the range.

The navigation system is fine and it's fine to navigate through traffic jams and stuff, and it's easy enough to enter a zip code and it will root you pretty well. I personally would just plug in my mobile phone and use Waze or Google Maps because the mapping is just better. then we move to the digital controller screen. I like it, it's nice and clear, very easy to operate and you can basically control most of the cost functions using this and you can change the view to wide screen or go to larger dials. I like it. I think it is good, however it is not as good as the infotainment system that the new Mercedes GLB has.

In fact, I dare say it. I think the Mercedes now has the best infotainment system, yes even better than BMW's idrive, mainly because it has Android Auto. I said it anyway, let's talk about the design of this car, so there's some space underneath, there's a couple of cup holders here and a little slot for your mobile phone if you want, there's a little problem, although if you put it like a lavatory. The items there get in the way of the gear selector. It's more annoying if you have a manual, not so bad with an automatic. Another problem is this, it's like it's on the road and anyway when you're sitting in the car.

You're like you're not on the armrest, it doesn't extend far enough forward so it's almost a bit useless, so it's too low, oh well there's more storage here and the door bins can't complain from them. They're big, two bottles fit in there, the glove box isn't as big as it looks but that's okay and there's also another little storage area under here. In terms of connectivity you've got USB there, USBC there and a 12 volt outlet if you need it in terms of getting comfortable behind the wheel, typically there's a lot of adjustments to the steering wheel and seat so I like it. the way you can extend the seat bases that way to get more support under your thighs to move around.

They go back a lot if you're tall and look, you can move them up obviously if you're short, but you can actually go down a lot in this car, so it's supposed to be an SUV, but now it feels like a normal hatchback. I'm so low in the seat, that's a good thing if you want that kind of thing, but really, why would you pay more for an SUV to sit really low? Seems a bit stupid, doesn't it anyway? the rear seats now we get to the problem with the q3 sportback and it is the fact that the sloping roofline means there isn't really much headroom now i'm 179 centimeters so anyone taller than that will find their head touches the roof, the knee room is the same as a normal Q3, which is fine, you have seats that slide forward, but I don't know why you're going to bother doing that to have less knee room, so it gives you a little bit more space in the trunk, but I'll talk about the trunk in a moment and you can recline the seat backs, but you know you can have them completely upright, which is even worse for headroom, or as reclined as in a normal car, so it's not really a big cube, it's a bit annoying, if you want to transport three people at once you would have to climb over this hump in the floor, but the spaces for the feet they are big enough.

The problem is, once again, that sloping roofline means the people in the two outer seats really have their heads held high. against that sloping roof it's just not that practical, there are some things that are nice although for example the dorbens are a decent size, fold up this very well designed cup holder and fold this part down, you have some cargo if you need to carry a child c yes If you have one of those really big, bulky rear-facing seats, you will have to move the front passenger seat forward a little, but getting the seats in place is easy at the anchor points to fix ice because They are very easy to reach.

However, because the car is not that wide, if you have two child seats in the two outer seats, the space in the middle seat is very restricted, you couldn't fit an adult back here if you only had children in the back. behind. It's going to be absolutely fine. You're going to like the fact that the windows roll down all the way. That's nice, isn't it? Anyway let's move on to the trunk. Oh, I'll show you this before I do it. I like the design of the door handles the way you don't grab them like that you just slide your hand in it takes a little getting used to but once you get used to it it makes a lot more sense now you might find this quite surprising, but despite This rakish rear Audi has the same low capacity as the regular Q3.

I don't know how they've done it, so apparently it's 530 litres, which is a bit bigger than a BMW X2, as you can see you've got a square load. space but there is a little bit of loading, it's not that bad, you have this metal skid plate, so if you need to drag things around, you won't scratch the paint, there's not a lot of storage space under here, it's a bit useless, there are some storage bins . here and here, tie down points here and here, if you need to carry a lot of stuff, obviously you fold down the back seats, but you have to walk to the actual seats to do it because that's the only place where there's a lever that you can't. do it from the back and you can't do it from the top of the seat, that's annoying, the top of the seat back is, there we go, when you lock them in place you get a completely flat floor, there's a little ridge there. which would make it difficult to slide towards the front and the seat back area is also slightly inclined so it is not perfect.

You're probably wondering how many things can fit in the trunk of this car. With the rear seats down you can carry a bicycle. with both wheels on one small box and two large ones three small boxes two large suitcases and two medium suitcases which is quite good with the rear seats up you can carry two large suitcases and a baby stroller or two medium suitcases one soft bag and a set of golf clubs, that's fine, but that rear sleeping area limits the height of the things you can carry in the back of this car's boots. In fact, a ranger over evoke is better for carrying things in general and if you click on the popup banner.

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video review of that car and that brings me to five annoying things about the Audi Q3 Sportback. Audi will charge you £210 with what it calls the storage package and for that you get a net for the world's most useless cubicle. It's small under the front seat and there are nets on the backrests that really should be standard anyway. Well, it seems to have gotten over the fake exhaust. There are still a lot of false winds here on the front of the illustrated cars. with the cutout facing the water, as illustrated with the car wash sticker, if you slide the rear seats forward slightly, you will get this space, as you can see now, between the trunk area and the seats, and if you dropped something down there could go under the seat and you'll probably never find it again.

Good job, I stuck with this. The doors don't extend all the way over the sill so when it's as dirty as this you end up getting dirt on the back of your pants like I have here getting in and out of this car this touch screen can look very good, but when the system is off it looks less good because it's covered in horrible fingerprints, it's not all negative, although here are five good things about this car, check this out, look, you can keep the cargo cover stowed under the trunk floor now, can I put it in position?

Yes, I can, there you go, and like most cases where a manufacturer likes a coupe version of an SUV, it doesn't. We usually change the windshield, but on this Audi we made it a little faster to give it a sportier look. If you have adaptive cruise control on and you fall asleep at the wheel, the system won't simply disengage, but will slowly come to a stop in your lane. There is Amazon Alexa compatibility for the infotainment system, so you can effectively control things in your home from your car by talking to it. You might be wondering why there is this cutout here on this pillar, well it's because if it was filled in there is a chance it could hit.

Your elbow against it and get really angry, okay, let's talk about engines, so there's 1.5 liter gasoline with 150 horsepower or 2 liter with 230 horsepower, which is pretty fast. That engine, then there is the diesel, which has 150 horsepower. Now you can get it.the car with front-wheel drive, quattro all-wheel drive, a six-speed manual gearbox in lower-powered cars or a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. Now, this particular car is top of the range 45 tsi, so it has the two liter petrol engine. It should have cost over £40,000, but I put the details into the car cable configurator and got an offer of £37,500, so now I'm saving £3,000 if you click on the ban pop-up there above. go and try the coworking configurator for this car or any new car.

The Audi Q3 Sportback is pleasant and easy to drive in the city. The suspension is nice and soft and if you have adaptive dampers it's even smoother over bumps. It's really nice. then there is super super light steering it is quite maneuverable and the turning radius is good if you need to do a u turn no problem parking it is fine and the gearbox can be a little choppy the car when you are Switching between forward or reverse and with a sportback you are hampered by poor rear visibility when on the motorway, although this car is nice and quiet, very relaxing, the seats are supportive and the engine in these two-litre petrol is quite powerful , so it is a fast car, but if you drive it like this it will affect your economy.

In fact, we've been driving it more relaxed to get a decent economy figure, but we've still only managed it. 27 miles per gallon, which is not very good when it comes to driving this car on a winding road. If you have tuned shocks, press the button to go to sport mode and it will stiffen them for flatter cornering. If you don't lean too much into corners then the problem is that the light steering, which is excellent around town, feels a bit lifeless, so it's by no means fun in the same way that the BMW X2 is, if you want to see my review on that. car yeah you know what to do guys click on that pop up banner you can go check it out so what's my final verdict on the new audi q3 sportback?

Should they avoid it? Should they consider it? Should they shortlist him or? Just go ahead and buy it right. I think you should consider it if you fancy something that looks a little sportier than the regular Q3, which is actually what I buy because it's more practical and cheaper if any of you watching this are from Audi. feel free to send me a cap and i promise to use it in my next bmw video now. If you want to see more videos click on the links below and if you click there you can see how much you can save on a new audi q3 sportback with carlisle