Audi - Land of quattro - The Audi RS Q3

I like to ridicule compact SUVs as department store tractors or chiceria taxis. Seriously. The point of compact SUVs lies somewhere between condoms for Catholic cardinals and non-alcoholic vodka on Russian whalers. Well - open minded as always - I looked at the sportiest version in the segment of small SUV athletes. And where better to test sporting talents than when crossing the Alps?

Audi RS Q3

Dangers on the Audi Alpen Tour 2013

Audi RS q3 land of quattro in motion

The first impression:

Okay, first you coined the Yeti / Tiguan platform of the parent company, the four rings in the compulsory large gullet and now gets the supposed off-roader low profile tires and lowered. I can not really understand this process. For sure. I'm eating in the marketing department in Ingolstadt, the RS Q3 would be the dream of my sleepless nights. The blind meets his target audience. Or is the target audience just blind?

Massive cooling air openings for the brake system, an indicated diffuser at the rear and an oval tailpipe that reminds me of my blissful tuning times. He sits sturdy on his 19-inch rims, I have to admit that without envy. If you are looking for a compact SUV, i.e. a compact car that only looks like it can climb the next mountain slope, then this Wolpertinger from Ingolstadt should be on the shopping list.

Audi RS Q3 water from the front

So he drives:

1-2-4-5-3  No, I did not count myself 1-2-4-5-3 is the firing order of the in-line five-cylinder engine Performance-crazy troop from Neckarsulm put in these pimped Q3. And because it was not just about the sound, but also about decent performance, a turbocharger puts pressure on the fiver.

Five-cylinder turbo, all-wheel drive, over 300 hp - does it ring? Greetings from the great Quattro (Here it goes to the Sport Quattro in the driving report). The hollow term “dynamic lifestyle” comes from the “Marketing Handbook for Dummies”. Whether the 310 hp and 420 Nm are enough to rightly call the RS Q3 a dynamic one? And how much “Ur-Quattro” is there in the RS Q3? Question after question.

Get in, buckle up, start the engine. And let's go. Five cylinders and seven gears, plus the power on all four wheels. Thanks to the dual clutch transmission, the first part of the easy approached shifting processes can only be guessed at. Smooth, somehow too unspectacular, he moves through the villages in the west of the Alpine republic. It sits extremely well, the chairs fit almost every stature and the quality of the materials also meets the high expectations of premium customers in the first RS SUV from the Ingolstadt-based quattro subsidiary.

Top the socks, let it rock. 

It is this sound. Even the most transfigured romantics and five-cylinder historians have not heard such a beautiful engine sound before. The RS Q3 also roughly pulls on a rough gas foot. The power of the 420 Nm pushes powerfully on the stomach and the all-wheel drive (Haldex 5.te generation) ensures a reliable distribution of forces between the axles.

Audi RS Q3 five-cylinder

But the RS Q3 is not a real “RS”. So sorry for this statement after that "Hell Fun" also does. An RS is more uncompromising. The RS Q3 can not deny its birthplace in the SUV base camp of the group. He allows significant rolling movements, a result of too weak stabilizers. He is grateful for violent cornering with wild-headed ESP. The RS Q3 appears knitted with the hot needle. In any case, they wanted to be on the street before the coming counterpart from Stuttgart. The first “sports SUV” in the compact segment. All of this would have been wonderful if it had just been called SQ 3.

The fulminating five-cylinder is no fault, the DSG can not be confused even on wild rides on the Alpine passes, zigzagging through the seven gears and even the brake remains, despite the immense curb weight of over 1.66 tons, largely unimpressed in their work. Only the basic landing gear setup seems to be too close to the base. Here is missing the RS-Touch, the convincing sportiness. The perfection of traction and dynamics. Real dynamics, not this hollow lifestyle phrase.

The balancing act between compact SUV and RS seems to be too big. Too visible, too tangible, the necessary compromises, in order not to let the Q3 in the RS garment on the first best field path.

As SQ 3, however, the “dynamic in the lifestyle shirt” would, as already written, be a real hit.

Audi RS Q3 on the alpine tour land of quattro

That will not be forgotten:

The trumpeting five-cylinder and my incredulous face as I left the RS Q3 for the first time off the lead and the engine rushed refreshingly cheeky on the 6.000 brand. A fanfare fast transporter and certainly not just one Bogenhausen tractor.

Audi RS q3 land of quattro in motion

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Technical data:

Manufacturer: Audi
Model Name: RS Q3
Body style: Compact SUV
Engine: R5 turbo gasoline engine
Transmission: Seven-speed dual clutch
Drive: Haldex Quattro four-wheel drive
displacement: 2.480 cc
Power: 310 PS at 6.700 RPM
torque: 420 Nm from 1.500 to 5.200 rpm
From 0 to 100 km / h: 5.2 seconds
Top speed .: 250 km/h
Consumption according to standard: 8.8 liters / 100 km
CO2 emissions according to standard: 206 g / km
Test consumption: 12.3 liters / 100 km
Bikes: 255 / 35 - 20
Empty weight: 1.655 kg (without driver)
Length Width Height: 4410 / 1841 / 1580
Pleasure factor / max 10 points:  7 from 10
Price: from EUR 54.600
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