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Offline Autos_Editor

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Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« on: January 28, 2015, 06:30:43 am »

Cute as a button ' twice as enticing.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2015, 07:26:42 am »
I don't understand why Audi decided to use the 200 hp/207 lb-ft version of the 2.0T for this car.  Also, does this really get the same fuel economy as the bigger and more powerful (2.0T) Q5?
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2015, 07:30:34 am »
Quote from: quadzilla on January 28, 2015, 07:26:42 am
I don't understand why Audi decided to use the 200 hp/207 lb-ft version of the 2.0T for this car.  Also, does this really get the same fuel economy as the bigger and more powerful (2.0T) Q5?

I panicked for a moment and thought I might have typed the wrong "Q" into the EPA website so just double-checked. It really is rated the same.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2015, 08:26:13 am »
Over a year of use my 2.0T Q5 ( 220 bhp 258 lbs ft) has averaged  10.4 l/100 with summer readings closer to 9.5 and winter at 11.  These reading computed from the pump, the onboard computer is a bit more optimistic  at an average of 10.2.

The Q5 weighs 1995 kg and probably has a higher Cd as a car designed several years earlier.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2015, 09:17:17 am »
Cue pricing complaints...
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2015, 09:43:44 am »
great review but I have one bone to pick!

The Encore is anything but cute.. :P
that thing looks funny being so short and tall. 

the Q3 seems to have a much nicer cut.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2015, 09:53:07 am »
Quote from: blotter on January 28, 2015, 09:43:44 am
great review but I have one bone to pick!

The Encore is anything but cute.. :P
that thing looks funny being so short and tall. 

the Q3 seems to have a much nicer cut.

Both kind of remind me of a hippo out of water...
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2015, 10:06:35 am »
Quote from: HannibalSmith on January 28, 2015, 09:53:07 am
Quote from: blotter on January 28, 2015, 09:43:44 am
great review but I have one bone to pick!

The Encore is anything but cute.. :P
that thing looks funny being so short and tall. 

the Q3 seems to have a much nicer cut.

Both kind of remind me of a hippo out of water...

really?

I find Q3's proportion to be the most pleasant looking out of all these micro CUVs in the market at the moment.  Q3 does have a little awkward looking rear lights though..
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2015, 10:16:38 am »
Quote from: aquadorhj on January 28, 2015, 10:06:35 am
Quote from: HannibalSmith on January 28, 2015, 09:53:07 am
Quote from: blotter on January 28, 2015, 09:43:44 am
great review but I have one bone to pick!

The Encore is anything but cute.. :P
that thing looks funny being so short and tall. 

the Q3 seems to have a much nicer cut.

Both kind of remind me of a hippo out of water...

really?

I find Q3's proportion to be the most pleasant looking out of all these micro CUVs in the market at the moment.  Q3 does have a little awkward looking rear lights though..

Q3 is okay, but still sort of top heavy and small looking, to me anyway.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2015, 10:24:30 am »
I prefer this to the Encore or GLA, but that price :(

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lolz, oh Jables...

Again, fuel economy in the winter :censor: sucks...in the Corolla, pure city, at best I'm at 9.3L/100km, but more typically around 10.2L/100km.  I'd gladly take the Q3's fuel economy if I got the power and AWD with it.  11L/100km of Jacob's dark matter foot is plenty adequate to me.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2015, 11:05:35 am »
Quote from: Cadure on January 28, 2015, 10:58:14 am
I am at the stage in my life that I can afford much more expensive machines but this (THIS!) is $48K.  $48K!

I would rather buy a Subaru Forester XT with 265 hp and a better AWD system and save $10K.  Granted, it looks like ass but it hauls it better.

Subaru should use that in their advertising.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2015, 11:26:09 am »
Quote from: OliverD on January 28, 2015, 09:17:17 am
Cue pricing complaints...

It starts at $35, which is reasonable. Nearly $50k as tested, though... that's a lot for a sub-compact anything.

The MINI Countryman starts at $29,9 and beats the Q3 in the "cute" department. And it's available with a manual transmission.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2015, 11:36:14 am »
Why use a torque converter automatic? They could have just paired it with the 7-speed DSG. And while I'm the subject, where's the automatic start-stop system?
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2015, 02:23:13 pm »
Cute it may be, but the Q3 is not a good value compared to the Q5. The thing is, it doesn't cost that much less to manufacture slightly smaller parts.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2015, 03:51:05 pm »
Quote from: NoTo on January 28, 2015, 10:24:30 am
I prefer this to the Encore or GLA, but that price :(

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Mini-crossovers (not to be confused with Mini crossovers)
lolz, oh Jables...

Again, fuel economy in the winter :censor: sucks...in the Corolla, pure city, at best I'm at 9.3L/100km, but more typically around 10.2L/100km.  I'd gladly take the Q3's fuel economy if I got the power and AWD with it.  11L/100km of Jacob's dark matter foot is plenty adequate to me.
my current tank in the Rio5 is at 7.5, and Kia/Hyundai products always get ripped for being thirsty...all city driving, and it's been quite cold this past week.
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Re: Test Drive: 2015 Audi Q3
« Reply #15 on: February 02, 2015, 12:58:27 pm »
I find it's length looks too short for it's height, not to mention that it has a ridiculously high price to size ratio as tested.  But then, I just don't see the point of a sub compact anything, let alone a CUV.   
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