Deep test drive Audi Q3 Sportback: a sports younger brother pretending to be a big brother!

Yes, this is the first time I have seen the Audi Q3? Sportback's first reaction. Same family design language, same body color, same coupe body. But once a wise man named Uncle Seconds said, you can't look at everything too carefully. Yes, take a closer look at this Audi Q3? After Sportback, you will find this car a bit strange. (Because of Audi Q3? The full name of Sportback is too complicated, hereinafter referred to as Q3 coupe.

Stealing the limelight of big brother is not a qualified younger brother, so compared with the exaggerated design of Q8, this Q3 coupe has obviously converged a lot. The interior of the octagonal mesh of Q3 coupe is designed as a blackened honeycomb. Although it lacks the straight and fierce feeling of Q8 mesh, it looks more exquisite. The side air intake of Q3 coupe decorated with silver also looks more exquisite than the black side air intake of Q8. Perhaps this is the Excellence of Audi designers, who can apply every detail change to the right model.

Will Audi's headlights disappoint? Of course not. Q3 coupe's LED matrix headlights are definitely a highlight. Although the design of daytime running lights looks less jagged than big brother Q8, the lighting effect is still excellent. What is the lighting effect of headlights? For example, you will understand that when I go home at night and enter a poorly lit community, I dare not turn on the headlights for fear of shaking the residents living on the first and second floors of the neighborhood next door.

Compared with the regular Q3, the biggest difference between them lies in the side of the car body. The design of Q3 coupe's sliding back body is enough for it to earn enough return on the street. Audi's understanding of the coupe SUV model can be said to be superb, which will make you feel that the slip back design is born for this car, thus forgetting the appearance of the ordinary Q3.

As for the design of the rear, it's a bit dull. Because the periphery under the rear of the car is decorated in black, which is in sharp contrast with the orange of the car body, the visual center of gravity will be improved a lot. However, it is not surprising that the exhaust port is hidden under the encirclement. If the design is too low-key, I will feel redundant. It focuses on sports-designed cars, and placing the exhaust layout in light may attract more young consumers.

Entering the car, it is still the familiar smell of the familiar formula. Compared with ordinary Q3, it can't be said that there is little change or even no difference. It may also be under cost control. I thought that the interior can give people a bright feeling like the appearance, but fortunately, this set of accustomed interior still has a strong sense of movement. The flat-bottomed three-position steering wheel with shift paddles at the rear looks full of fighting desire. There are not many buttons on the steering wheel, and the operation is simple enough.

From the driver's point of view, the 12.3-inch LCD instrument carried by this car is still relatively rich in reality. Moreover, you can switch the style of the instrument through the "View" button on the steering wheel, including a relatively traditional circular pointer and a futuristic bar display, and both of them can be resized.

12.3 inch central control large screen still inherits the texture of Audi. Although there is no physical vibration feedback during operation, the sound effect of sound feedback is basically the same as that of operating physical keys, and both UI design and overall fluency are excellent. It is worth mentioning that this in-vehicle system supports Apple Wireless CarPlay and Baidu CarLife. But this screen, like a fingerprint reader, is very easy to get dirty. If you have a neat friend, you need to prepare a cloth in the car at any time to clean it.

The control buttons in the lower air conditioning area are all physical buttons, with reasonable layout and simple operation. The test drive we got was the top of the whole system. Only this model is equipped with front seat heating function, and all other models need to be equipped with it. One thing must be praised. The new car still uses the physical knob to control the volume. At present, most models are canceling physical buttons for the so-called "sense of technology". As everyone knows, this will greatly reduce the overall practicality.

Audi Q3 coupe interior materials are really exquisite, a lot of leather materials are used, seats and door panels are also made of Alcantara material, which seems to have improved a lot. Sports seats have good overall wrapping, good support for shoulders and waist, and good flexibility.

Audi Q3 coupe has a wheelbase of 2680mm. Because Uncle Seconds height is 188cm, which is affectionately called the rear space terminator by my colleagues, I found a giant colleague with a height of 170cm to experience the performance of the rear space of the car. After adjusting the front row, I came to the back row, and there was room for legs with one punch and two fingers. The actual spatial performance is ok. However, because it is a four-wheel drive model, the raised floor in the back row is a bit high, even higher than Iphone 12.

Due to time, we didn't actually test the storage capacity of the trunk. However, the space layout of the trunk is very flat. Thanks to the hatchback design, the opening angle of the trunk is very large, and it is also very convenient to take out items. It is worth mentioning that the Audi Q3 coupe comes standard with an electric tailgate.

After talking about the static part, let's talk about the feeling of driving this Audi Q3. The test drive we borrowed this time is 2020 Audi Q3? Sportback？ 45TFSI？ quattro？ Luxury is the top model of the whole department. The car is still equipped with EA888 which we are very familiar with. 2.0T turbocharged engine, matched with 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, with maximum power 162 kW(220 PS) and peak torque of 350N·m, the official zero-speed acceleration needs 7.6s, and some people even measured a good result of 6.7s.

In fact, the overall feeling of this Q3 car running is not much different from that of the ordinary Q3, and the engine and gearbox will also have different personalities with the switching of driving modes. In comfort mode, the response of the engine and gearbox is not positive. If you need to accelerate quickly, you will even feel a little slow, and you will not get a clear sense of speeding up. The feedback from the steering wheel is also relatively light, but compared with Audi's previous models, the "electronic taste" of this car's steering power is indeed much less, and the road feeling is relatively clear, which really gave me a little surprise.

As for the performance after switching to sports mode, although it is better than that in comfort mode, its engine still has power delay, although the process is extremely short. However, it can really have a better driving experience. When switching to sport mode, the gearbox will immediately downshift to increase the speed to provide greater power output, and the feedback of the steering wheel will become heavier.

There is a four-wheel drive called Audi's four-wheel drive. Thanks to quattro's four-wheel drive system, the overall stability of the vehicle has been better guaranteed, and this feeling can be clearly experienced during rapid acceleration and cornering. The foot pops out at rest (the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal are pressed to the bottom at the same time). When the speed is kept at about 2000 rpm, the vehicle will be released directly without slipping, and the rest is to feel the thrill of adrenaline rising linearly.

In fact, the chassis adjustment of Q3 coupe is not a movement, but it also has very good support. In order to better take care of urban driving, Q3 coupe's chassis adjustment is comfort adjustment, and the vibration can be easily resolved whether crossing a ditch or a hurdle. Even when driving at high speed, you can still feel a certain sense of high-level, and this so-called sense of high-level can't be compared with the big brother Q8 or the flagship car A8L, which will make you more confident when high-speed parallel lines or high-speed bumps occur.

Write it at the end

In my opinion, the price of Audi Q3 coupe with top model 366,5438+0 in 800 yuan is somewhat embarrassing. After all, this price can already buy the Audi Q5 entry-level model with higher terminal discount. Although the powertrain of the 45TFSI fashion version with lower configuration is the same, it lacks some comfort configuration. But overall, Q3 coupe is really suitable as the first car for young people. Its fashionable appearance and strong motivation are the main factors that young people consider when buying a car. Think carefully that Audi Q3 coupe has no direct competitors in the same level, which is one of the reasons why Uncle Seconds recommended it. Young people in front of the screen, if it were you, would you choose this sporty coupe SUV as your first choice? Let's talk about our ideas in the comment area and discuss them together.

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