Audi Q3: Audi takes on Evoque and BMW X1 with a slick new compact SUV

摘要

The Range Rover Evoque may be this year's most wanted premium SUV, but given the production delays that have hit it recently, one or two deposit holders could be forgiven for sizing up the alternatives. And now's our chance to assess the chief among them: Audi's new compact 4×4, the Q3. The Q3 has a few questions to answer. Can Audi successfully imbue a relatively small, cheap SUV with the substance and luxuriousness that characterise the Q5 and Q7? Does a Q3 offer a meaningful improvement in practicality or capability over a lower, more conventional family option? And will its outsourced production make it any less convincing as a premium-brand German model?