{"id":190,"date":"2014-11-17T12:41:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T12:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2019-05-27T07:59:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T06:59:35","slug":"new-face-audi-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/new-face-audi-q3\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Face for the Audi Q3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Audi Q3 Facelift Revealed<\/h1>\n<p>The <a title=\"Audi Q3 Engines \" href=\"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/model?car=all-audi-q3-engine&amp;model_id=31790\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Audi Q3<\/strong><\/a> has been updated with a host of changes for 2015. It will go on sale \u00a0January next year. It is a direct rival to German brand\u2019s BMW X1 and will get upgraded engines, improved efficiency and new technology.<\/p>\n<p>Its deliveries will begin in spring 2015, and prices will start at \u00a325,340 for the new 1.4 TFSI petrol in SE trim, rising to \u00a330,820 for the top-spec model. The hot RS Q3 also receives a series of engine updates for more power, as well as a few chassis tweaks to improve overall performance. The <strong><a title=\"Audi Q3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.audi.co.uk\/new-cars\/q3\/q3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Q3<\/a> <\/strong>will be available with the 1.4-litre TFSI petrol engine from the A1 and A3 hatchbacks, which features cylinder deactivation technology for improved efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>This new entry-level model is front-wheel drive only. The 148bhp 1.4 TFSI takes the car from 0-62mph in 8.9 seconds with the six-speed S-Tronic twin-clutch automatic gearbox. It churns out 50.4mpg and emits 128g\/km of CO2 with the manual gearbox\u00a0while the S-Tronic &#8216;box returns 47.9mpg and 136g\/km of CO2.<\/p>\n<p>Audi&#8217;s Drive Select adaptive dynamics system is now standard across the range, whilst adaptive dampers are optional. Exterior updates include a new grille, revised bumpers and new alloy wheel designs. Revised headlights now get xenon bulbs as standard, as well as LED daytime running lights and reworked LED rear lights. S-Line spec models get full LED headlights.<\/p>\n<p>The hot Audi RS Q3 performance SUV gets a range of tweaks to make it faster and better to drive. In particular, the 2.5-litre five-cylinder petrol engine gets a 29bhp increase, up to 335bhp. This takes it from 0-62mph in 4.8 seconds, a 0.4-second increase. It is also now fully compliant with the EU6 emissions standard. The seven-speed S-Tronic transmission has also been refined for quicker changes. Prices for the RS Q3 have not been announced yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audi Q3 Facelift Revealed The Audi Q3 has been updated with a host of changes for 2015. It will go on sale \u00a0January next year. It is a direct rival to German brand\u2019s BMW X1 and will get upgraded engines, improved efficiency and new technology. Its deliveries will begin in spring 2015, and prices will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[76,77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1970,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/1970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}