Audi Q2 price Australia

Audi Q2 price Australia
The Audi Q2 is one size smaller than Audi’s already-popular Q3, being engineered on the VW Polo/Audi A1 small car platform.

The Audi SUV isn’t cheap, with a starting price of $41,950 for the base Q2 1.4 TFSI. This model has a 110kW turbocharged petrol four-cylinder engine, driving the front wheels via a seven-speed double-clutch automatic. It’s a great little engine, with cylinder-on-demand technology that automatically and imperceptibly shuts down two cylinders under light throttle loads to save fuel. Consumption is a claimed 5.2L/100km.The 2.0 TFSi Quattro with a 140kW 2.0-liter turbo-petrol four, seven-speed double-clutch auto and Audi’s Quattro all-wheel-drive system, is priced at $49,400. The Q2’s drivetrains mimic the best-selling versions of the Q3, so performance is similar, but the smaller Audi is a much more persuasive package.“Polygonal Design” is the name invented for the Q2’s creased, chamfered exterior.

Compared to the blobby and anonymous Q3 it has more character and, to most eyes, much greater visual appeal. However, those good looks don’t compromise the Q2’s practicality. Although 20cm is shorter than the Q3 overall, the wheelbase of the Q2 is only 5mm less. So there’s little difference in passenger compartment space. What’s more, the Q2’s bigger and better-shaped rear doors offer easier access to the rear seats. Where the Q2 does lose is in cargo space; there’s around 50 liters less room behind the rear seat. The Q2 is one of the more entertaining small SUVs to drive. Audi’s engineers have given it nice direct, electric-assisted steering and it feels agile from behind the wheel. Both engines deliver strong performance by class standards, and the 2.0-liter turbo-petrol is respectably quick, reaching 100km/h in just 6.5 seconds.

Keen drivers will find the front-drive 1.4 TFSI sometimes scrabbles for grip accelerating out of tighter corners. Still, despite having a simpler and cheaper twist-beam rear suspension, it’s a very tidy, agile drive by any standard. And while the 2.0 TFSi’s standard Quattro system enhances traction, the costly multilink rear suspension that comes with it doesn’t appreciably improve handling. Tire noise, however, was a little more obvious in the 1.4 TFSI. The interior of the Q2 is typical Audi, which means the best quality in the business. The Design (1.4 TFSI) and Sport (2.0 TFSI) interior trim themes add both color and personalization options to an already very impressive environment. The Q2 doesn’t lack for tech. Autonomous emergency braking and a high-grade infotainment system are standard.

Other advanced safety, driver-aid and entertainment systems, including Audi’s brilliant Virtual Cockpit instrument display, Audi Connect with Google search functionality, radar cruise control with automatic stop and go and lane-keeping, are mostly listed as optional extras, and as is usually the case with Audi, you can easily empty your wallet on the vast options list. But even without costly options, the Q2 is a strong contender in an increasingly crowded compact SUV field. As it should, given the premium prices being asked. Audi buyers pay a significant wedge just for the badge. It’s worth noting that VW will have its own compact SUVs in production in 2020, the T-Roc and T-Cross, with much of the same engineering as the Q2, but at much cheaper prices. You can get into VW’s Tiguan, a larger and no less capable SUV with lots of the same hardware underneath, from around $35,000.

THINGS WE LIKE
Doesn’t look like a box
Interior space, quality, and technology
Agile handling
Base-model 1.4-liter turbo-petrol engine

THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE
Expensive for a small SUV
It’s VW Group engineering, so potential reliability issues
Tire noise
Options prices

SPEX (1.4 TFSi)
Made in Germany
1.4-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol/ seven-speed S Tronic/front-wheel drive
110kW of power at 5000rpm/250Nm of torque from 1500–3500rpm
0–100km/h in 8.5 seconds (claimed)
Warranty: Three years/unlimited kilometers
4.6L/100km highway; 6.3L/100km city; 95 octane premium; CO2emissions are 119g/km
Standard: Stability control, six airbags, Pre-Sense with pedestrian detection, automatic low-speed emergency braking, MMI infotainment, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto, navigation, Bluetooth, voice control
Redbook future values: 3yr: 56%; 5yr: 42%
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