Thursday, June 30, 2011

Audi Q3 comes with five-cylinder turbo engine

After the Q7 (launched 2006) and Q5 (2008), Audi is presenting the new Q3 in these days, which rounds off the SUV range to the bottom. Available with two TFSI (2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with 170 hp/125 kW or 211 kW PS/155) and TDI (140 kW or 177 bhp/103 PS/130 kW) 4.39 meters short of the launch in the fall Audi Q3 with prices starting at € 29,900.

In addition to these four variants, Audi plans to offer a particularly powerful end of 2012 Q3, the needs to fear with his athletic performance are not competitors in the premium segment for compact SUVs. Q3 This is currently being developed by the sporting subsidiary quattro GmbH, which is responsible for all RS models, the R8 V12 TDI and the Q7.


Have with the Q3, the engineers found another object that already revealed in the Q3 presentation in Switzerland was. Audi in the hotel garage two of four prototypes had stand-Q3, which are handmade and a first exit was available. Under the hood of this prototype Q3 operates in the 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine with turbocharging and direct injection, which is mounted in the RS3 in Sportback and TT RS.

Where does the turbo five-cylinder 340 hp (250 kW) and delivers a maximum torque of 450 Nm 1600-5300 revolutions/minute. In Q3-wheel drive, there are currently around 300 hp, which provide a powerful performance unfoldings. This we could hear and feel during a first exit. "The turbocharged engine is the best in recent years.

This unit has it all, torque, power and great sound, "Stephan Reil, Head of Development at quattro GmbH, said" This engine awakens memories of the first motor rally quattro. "Of course, reflects the Fünfyzlinder turbo from a fine tradition by Audi resist. The hope of a rapid market introduction of around 300 bhp Q3 engineer did not Reil.

The development phase of the prototype is far from complete. Nevertheless felt after the first driving impression of this amazing power in Q3 finished. The force is transferred cleanly through the double-clutch transmission to all four wheels. The suspension is firm but not uncomfortably hard.

This Audi Q3 will not get the brand-typical RS codes. Finally, the PS-strong Q3, no sports car but an SUV, which claim to power is not on uncompromising sportiness - just as it was the Audi Q7 TDI V12 with 500 hp (368 kW) and torque of 1000 Nm from 1750 revolutions / minute conveys.


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