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Audi Q3. Right Crown

The third. Audi Q3 is actually the third one. The first to appear by Volkswagen Tiguan, the second Skoda Yeti. And this is what? Everything is simple, the trinity is built on identical modules of the famous Volkswage platform PQ35. And until now, no one expected that this designer is able to digest a 300-strong motor.


Audi Q3 home slippers. Comfortable, compact and in addition fashionable. He leaves the feeling of unobtrusive, responsive and weightless

Yes, yes, you did not hear. Q3 will receive 300 horses, 2.5 liters per five cylinders and liter S in the designation. About how. It became ku-three the most powerful and fast among the analogues. In production, this version will appear not earlier than the autumn. And now I am in Switzerland near Zurich, behind the wheel of one of the two bright blue 300-strong pre-exploit prototypes, which Ingolstadtsy brought to the test drive together with standard Q3.


If the Q5 is Velive for you and expensive, Q3 will definitely be just right. Both in the city, and on the highway, and on an easy off-road, he is in his element. By the way, the newly furnished crossover inside the brand can make a serious competition A4 Allroad

Flegmatic Swiss do not behave, really Q3 so uninteresting? What, even bright blue color does not attract? Oh, yes in Europe, the Trejca has been sold since mid-June, so the people about the novelty are already heard. Yes, and on the view, my Q3 is quite ordinary, however, he is with a line-package, but the TFSI nameplate on the fifth door does not promise anything dizzy, well, the turbocharged motor, well, direct injection, so what? There are now ones at every corner of views, my ward begins to rush to myself, only when you take up the accelerator.


As an option, adaptive headlights are available in turning in turn, which protect other participants in blind light movement. Behind the atmosphere, the camera is followed by the camera installed under the windshield (it fixes the signs). Electronics based on its testimony, with the help of special curtains integrated into headlight spotlights, forms a black and white border in such a way as not to blind oncoming and passing drivers.

Pay attention to the composite brake discs, these are only as the 300-strong version.

Top! And Q3 immediately descends two-three gears down. A jerk, push in the chest, which kicks the air from the lungs (who traveled on fast cars, knows what I am), and the cross under the immodest rolling sound of the exhaust is worn away. Who's here? Without a complete drive, such a craving would be difficult to implement.


Package S Line (Blue Machine) provides for 20 mm suspension, Other bumpers and thresholds. Those who will attack off-road and borders, it is better to choose a standard version with non-colored bumpers and thresholds (orange vehicle)

Erection, that is, the reaction to the gas is almost lightning. Opposite the first hundred, the speedometer arrow is already in 5 seconds after a breathtaking start. The maximum speed is limited at 250 km / h. Above nowhere. At speeds for 200, the crossover is already a little not in its plate nervously looking for the road (especially in the kolas) and willingly react to the gusts of the side wind. Still Q3 is not supercar. This is a tool for other purposes to deliver our owners to the Alpine Ski Resort of Saas-Fe on semi-plane-selected serpents.

Thilled on firewood? Be kind Says to stop. The brake system on the charged Q3 is serious. Front discs The composite cast iron perforated working part with an aluminum hub is connected by radial pins. So that! The brakes (closing ahead) is noticeably more accurate and informative than civilians, I'm not talking about efficiency and endurance steering wheel a little harder and more in more detail than that of standard versions of the tricks are clear, other corners of the installation of wheels, wide exercise, a large mass on the body is a bit more clearly transmitted road smallers Suspension is rigid. But for a second, I do not leave the feeling that I am in cozy home slippers. In the Superudobic 300-Strong Speed \u200b\u200bSkathers. Such a sense of a car still need to be able to endure and embody in the serial gland. Bravo!

This story is fulfilled to complete. But I can not overboard, the standard versions of the crossover remained, which quickly reminiscent of the already mentioned Volkswagen Tiguan and Skoda Yeti.


The PQ35 platform is extremely flexible. Its elements lie at the base of the one and a half dozen models of the concern VAG. The power structure, the mass of components and aggregates of the Audi Q3 are closest to Volkswagen Tiguan and Skoda Yeti. Length Q3 4385 mm, wheel base 2603. Tiguan has these parameters to 4427 mm and 2604 mm, Yeti 4223 mm and 2578 mm. The road clearance of the Audi 170 mm (in the versions of the S Line suspension is underestimated by 20 mm), Volkswagen 200, and in Skoda 180.

The power structure is 13% consisting of high strength steels. EURO NCAP Q3 has not yet hit experts, but Tiguan passed crash tests on a new tightened technique and deserved a five-star security rating. On guard of passengers of all Q3 stabilization system and six airbags. Additional pair of side pillows for rear sedimons is available as an option.


On the left two-liter four-cylinder 180-strong TFSI, on the right five-cylinder 2.5-liter TFSI, which develops 300 hp Housings made of gray carbon, red valve lid Fetish, and only

In the usual Q3 suspension in Volkswagenovsky stroke shakes strokes. But on high-speed straight and arcs. The steering wheel, in contrast to the same Tiguana and Yeti, weightless, but pleasant and moderately informative. Active CES (Controlled Electronic Suspension (Controlled Electronic Suspension) with adjustable shock absorbers running under the Audi Drive Select system, the car transforms. The presets provided by the presets change the nature of the suspension damping, the algorithm for the operation of the power unit and the steering amplifier, depending on your wishes.

In Audi Drive Select, four modes are stitched: efficiency, Dynamic, Comfort and Auto. The most assembled and responsive Q3 in the dynamic mode of the suspension here is clamped to the maximum, the steering wheel is a bit heavy, and the responses to the electronic gas pedal becomes a little later.


Roads in Switzerland are licked to the ideal, and even more so in the vicinity of Zurich. But I still found a couple of places, where you could evaluate the off-road abilities of the car. Alas, not everything managed to capture. A steep slope with a beveled grass, a plot with a risky ground, a full drive system Torque on Demand (moment on demand), in which the torque is served on the rear axle using the Haldex IV friction electron-controlled coupling showed itself from the best side. At the time of start, the coupling has 10% preload. This is implemented for more confident start on slippery coatings, weak soils and with diagonally posted wheels. The coupling is completely blocked as soon as the front wheels are tested relative to the rear five degrees. Mount Q3, even with possessing wheels climbs very confidently, thanks to the anti-test system, imitating blocking of differentials. The moves of the suspension are decent, like a Tiguana. On the ground and the snow with a disconnected anti-test system, you can get a width, to the skid under the gas q3 goes very willingly. Pereza? For God's sake!

Nevertheless, regardless of the selected modes, the electronics still conveys with the rigidity of the suspension. DRIVE SELECT thanks to the vibrator and body position sensors monitors the nature of the road microprophily. And, depending on the conditions, appropriately adjusts the rigidity. The sensors are polled by a thousand times per second. And on the basis of the data obtained, electronics using electromagnets changes the passage cross sections of the shock absorbers valves through which the liquid passes. Damping characteristics are changing both during the compression and during the coupling. In the Comfort Steering wheel is the easiest, and the suspension is soft. But for most conditions, the rest is suitable for the AUTO mode in it. The characteristics of the damping of electronics varies in the widest range. Efficiency is interesting because many systems and components, such as cruise control, air conditioning, go into saving mode. The gas reactions here are slightly strangled, and the chassis works according to the AUTO preset.



In Q3 by tradition, the solo interior. Thoughtful ergonomics, convenient management of secondary bodies, the incredible number of finishing options. Electromechanical parking brake can be with AUTO-HOLD function

And what motors? The most weak Q3 is equipped with a 140-strong (320 nm) TDI turbodiesel, it can work with a mechanical or automatic front-wheel drive transmission. The remaining modifications with motors 2.0 TFSI (170 and 211 hp) and 2.0 TDI (177 hp) work only as part of a all-wheel drive transmission. These cars will be sold from us.

The turbocharged two-liter 211-strong unit with direct injection in the standard comes with a tronic robot, develops a moment at 300 Newtons in a wide range of 1800-4900 rpm and accelerates the machine to hundreds in 6.9 seconds. Good, hell! But a less powerful two-liter TFSI variation, outstanding 170 hp, I would prefer the handle. Too vigorous s Tronic appeared in Tandem with this motor. The moment here also ran 280 Newton meters in the range of 1700-4200 rpm. Acceleration to a taught one hundred 8.2 seconds. The indisputable plus is the best economy of 7.3 liters per 100 km in a mixed cycle, against 7.7 in a 211-strong motor.

And now let's deal with whether it makes sense to overpay for Audi Q3, if much of the proposed engineers can be taken in the skins of Tiguana and Yeti?

If diesel engines on all three cars are identical (power range from 140 to 170-177 forces), then in the gamma of gasoline units there are differences. For example, for Skoda flagship is a turbocharged 152-strong Motor 1.8 TSI. Audi is the weakest gasoline engine at 18 hp. More powerful (though, at the updated folks, this unit gives another 10 forces more than 180 hp). Gamma Motors in Volkswagen is limited to a 211-strong engine, which also has AUDI. Understandable thing, for the man in the man and this is strongly behind the eyes, but the Audi for lovers ride with the breeze can offer an unprecedented 300-strong motor

And the MMI multimedia system with an access point in which navigation works with Google cards deserves special attention. Visually, comfortable, nice and just cool. Optional 465-watt music Bang & Olufsen (it is positioned as Hi-End) Audi's prerogative, and it is good without any reservations. But the DVD, a digital tuner and parking cams are available even on Tiguan. Start stop, active headlight, automatic parking machine, capable of packing a car both perpendicular and in parallel, as well as numerous assistants, such as systems that follow the markup and the dead zones, and in Q3, and Tiguan.

But Tiguan and Yeti are more utilitarian. They have a system of help when descending from the mountain, and in terms of the transformation of the cabin offer more opportunities. For example, in Volkswagen, the rear split sofa is not only folded in the proportion of 2: 3, but still has adjustments segments, independently from each other go forward-back, and the backs are adjusted by the tilt. Yeti so generally not enough that the rear seats are separated into three parts and are regulated similarly to Volkswagenovsky, so they are still removable. Salon Audi is easier and such metamorphosis cannot provide. The cut back here is trivially, as in conventional hatchbacks. Well, even though ski hatch with a case is provided.

So the intracorporate subordination is observed. Q3 premiered, more stronger, more powerful, faster, slightly quieter, has more gloss in manageability and has a large number of functions that increase comfort. But it is less practical.


Meses, hooks in the trunk are great! But in order to hide the cap of the towing eye, you need to make a lot of effort

We have a pre-registration dealers for Q3 already lead (sales will begin in October). The queue, of course, is not the same as on E-Mobile, but if you want to get a car in winter, it makes sense to hurry. Prices are announced. All cars in Russia will be all-wheel drive. The most accessible version will be the version with a 170-strong gasoline TFSI and a six-speed manual gearbox 1,279,000 rubles. For the robot s Tronic need to pay 71 thousand rubles. Of the two released diesel versions in Russia will be presented more powerful 177-strong. It will ask for 1,450,000 rubles. Q3 with a gasoline 211-strong engine costs from 1,525,000 rubles. In all versions in the database there are ESP and six airbags. But the version with a 300-power engine will appear greatly later. Its production is still at the setup stage.

Competitors Q3 is the BMW X1 and Range Rover Evoque. The rear-wheel drive 150-strong BMW X1 will cost a minimum of 1,270,000 rubles. All-wheel drive version costs 1,399,000 rubles. On the top of the lineup 245-strong all-wheel drive modification for 2,080,000 rubles. The five-door Range Rover Evoque in the initial execution with front-wheel drive, a manual box and 150-strong diesel engine is significantly more expensive than the 170-strong Q3 with a drive to all wheels 1,600,000 rubles. The all-wheel drive 190-strong EVOQUE version on the machine will cost 1,675,000 RE, and the top version with a motor 240 hp costs 1,830,000 rubles. Q3 looks on their background more than attractive.

Vitaly Kabyshev
Photo: Vitaly Kabyshev, Dmitry Makarov and Audi



Auxiliary systems


The sign recognition system monitors the pointers using the camera located under the windshield, and displays information not only on the display of the on-board computer, but also duplicates it on the MMI monitor.

And the monitoring system of the dead zones is monitoring the attestation of the rear with two 24-gigahertz radars converted back, and operates at speeds above 30 km / h. That the band where you want to restructure is busy, inform yellow LEDs integrated into the housing of the rear mirrors


The Lane Assist system using the camera (it is used to define characters) looks behind the markup. If the car started monotonously to go to the side, the electronics will warn the driver with sound and graphic signals they say, wake up! If the driver does not intervene in management, Lane Assist will direct the trajectory using the electric drive in the steering mechanism and will not give the car to cross the markup line. The system sees a line of solid and intermittent markup and works with a speed of 65 km / h


The system of automatic parking is capable of passing the crossover over several techniques as parallel (on both sides of the roadway) and perpendicularly. The steering wheel will rotate automatically, the driver will have only to switch the transmissions and adjust the speed. Parker trained independently slow down in front of obstacles. In addition, the system remembers the location of the obstacles that she noticed during parking. When the driver after the parking lot will reproduce, the system will warn about the obstacles noticed earlier
 

Source: AUTO.Mail.Ru.