Audi Q3 User Manual
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Audi Q3
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Vorsprung durch Technik
Fascination
Technology
Equipment
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4 Audi Q3
24 Audi efficiency 36 Audi drive select
26 Audi ultra 38 Audi connect
28 TFSI® 40 MMI® – Multi Media Interface
30 TDI® 42 Assistance systems
32 S tronic® 44 Lights
34 quattro®
48 Audi exclusive 66 Inlays
50 Audi exclusive offroad styling package 68 Lights and mirrors
52 S line 69 Exterior equipment
56 Style guides 71 Interior equipment
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The equipment for the vehicle illustrated in the Fascination section can be found on page 95.
The fuel consumption and CO₂ emission figures can be found from page 86 onwards.
58 Paint finishes 74 Infotainment
60 Wheels/tyres 76 Assistance systems
62 Seats/seat upholstery 77 Technology
65 Headlinings 79 Audi Extended Warranty
80 Audi Genuine Accessories 88 Dimensions
84 Q3 collection 90 Index
86 Technical data 96 The fascination of Audi
he Audi
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En route
to myself.
Here today, there tomorrow. You live on the move, you think on the move.
That’s why you want a car that can keep up with you and your requirements.
Or shall we say: one that is so well prepared for you that all you have to do
is get in. The Audi Q3 is this car. Powerful and agile, compact and yet spacious
inside, efficient and expressive.
The Audi Q3. Built from new expectations. Let’s go.
What makes you stand out? Your personality. It’s the same with the Audi Q3. Its design echoes
the form of an offroader, but it is clearly an urban vehicle. Its decisive look underlines its clear
character, which is defined by a muscular body, dominant Singleframe and low-set air inlet blades.
Slim LED lights adorn the rear of the Audi Q3. The encompassing tailgate visually emphasises the
vehicle’s width and makes loading easy. There are indeed lots of aspects to a personality.
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Living dynamics. The athletic silhouette with the dynamic flat rear window signalises
urban sportiness. Wheel arch trims in the body colour or a contrasting colour emphasise
the sturdy character of the Audi Q3. The exciting interplay of light and shade modulates
its sides. And the optional panoramic glass roof opens up the generous interior to the sky.
Enjoy the view.
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driving enjoy
Get in, drive away, put new plans into practice. Always on the move.
In the Audi Q3, TFSI and TDI engines will be driving you forward.
All of them efficient and dynamic. From 103 to 155 kW and at
top speeds of up to 230km/h. The start-stop system and recuperation
will actively save you fuel and reduce CO₂ emissions. During every trip. Go on.
ment.
The fuel consumption and CO₂ emission figures can be found from page 86 onwards.
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En route to
the city.
Contrasts, impressions, fascination. What is true for a vibrant metropolis is true
for the Audi Q3. And leaves lots of room for individuality, design and trends.
If you want to experience the Audi Q3 in action, scan this QR code using your
smartphone. Or follow this link in your browser:
www.audi.com/q3film
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The modern city. A tour including bends and straights, arterial roads and narrow alleyways.
The Audi Q3 is ready for the city. The quattro permanent all-wheel drive will keep you on
course whatever the road or weather conditions. Gear changes are faster with the 7-speed
S tronic dual-clutch transmission, because the next gear is already engaged before you
select it. The optional Audi drive select with damper regulation guarantees an individual
driving style. It lets you drive according to how you feel: rather sporty or more comfortable.
The optional hold assist will support you on steep stretches of road. To keep you going in
only one direction: forwards.
A long day. A long night. Where are you going today? No matter which route you take, the optional
assistance systems in the Audi Q3 will help you arrive safely at your destination. Audi side assist
observes the area behind and alongside the vehicle and warns the driver of approaching vehicles
when changing lanes. Audi active lane assist detects road markings and helps you to keep in lane
through gentle steering intervention. And the park assist’s rear view camera will help you make
a good impression even when manoeuvring into tight parking spaces.
En route to
feeling comfortable.
Space for you. Space to develop. Expressive and individual: the interior of the Audi Q3.
A horizontal line is drawn from the driver’s side to the front-passenger door and
seems to gently encompass the driver. Inlays optionally available in refined woods
or aluminium highlight the interior and can be further emphasised by the LED interior
lighting package which is available on request. The characteristic optional leathercovered steering wheel in the 3-spoke Q design is pleasant to grip, as is the leather
gear lever knob.
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From now on, you can always have your favourite music with you. The optional MMI navigation plus
with its 20 GB hard drive lets you operate a wide range of different media and convenience functions.
The high-resolution 7-inch colour display is fitted in the centre of the dashboard where it is visible.
You also have a Bluetooth interface and an Audi music interface to connect your iPod or MP3 player.
A pleasure for the ears and the eyes: the optional BOSE surround sound. The front woofers are
illuminated by indirect light, and 14 high-performance loudspeakers turn the Audi Q3 into a mobile
jukebox. Feel free to turn the sound up!
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Seats made of fine fabrics or on request of sumptuous leather underline the high
quality of the interior. Feel at home – there is plenty of legroom for the driver and
front passenger as well as in the back. And your luggage travels comfortably too:
the generous loading space can be enlarged even further by folding the rear bench
seat or the front-passenger seat down.
The ride is over. Or is it? Even when you have already reached your
destination – in the Audi Q3 you will want to choose a new one within
minutes. Remain demanding. Remain en route. In the Audi Q3.
Your Audi also bears our
mark of special efficiency.
Our vehicles embody not only sportiness, progress and technical innovations, but also the
intelligent use of resources.
One example: the TDI engines with common rail
technology. Their combination of direct injection
and turbocharging guarantees highly efficient
diesel fuel combustion. The TFSI engines work
according to the same principle and also impress
through increased power and torque coupled
with reduced consumption. Audi engines have
The fuel consumption and CO₂ emission figures can be found from page 86 onwards.
been subject to an ongoing development process
for years. This means that today, they are more
powerful than ever before – despite reduced
weight and thus reduced consumption. Impressive proof of our strategy of obtaining more power from less engine displacement. The start-stop
system and recuperation feature guarantee even
more efficiency.
The dual-clutch transmission S tronic makes ideal
use of the high-torque Audi engines: its large
transmission ratio spread allows it to accelerate
strongly even at low engine speeds, reducing fuel
consumption.
The Audi drive select efficiency mode helps you
to exploit further saving potentials, from the
conscious movement of gearshift point in automatic transmissions to the adaptation of the air
conditioning to requirements. Thus greater ranges are possible per tank filling with less CO₂ emissions. The optimisation of the aerodynamics
through the large roof spoiler, the aero strips at
the side on the tailgate or the underbody trim is a
further fuel-saving feature.
You see, the Audi Q3 features a whole range of
technologies that will make your journey not only
more comfortable and dynamic, but more efficient, too. Find out more on the next few pages.
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Audi ultra on the podium: the Audi R18 TDI
Audi ultra:
Every gram less extends the lead.
Audi ultra, the pioneering lightweight technology
from Audi, is more than just the sum of its
individual components. It combines innovative
materials, intelligent design principles and
production processes that use resources
sparingly into an overall concept. Many Audi
ultra lightweight measures have already been
implemented in the Audi Q3.
That starts with the body. The steel shell design
of the Audi Q3 combines low weight with high
rigidity. The design uses only as much material
The fuel consumption and CO₂ emission figures can be found from page 86 onwards.
as necessary in the respectively right places. Thin
metal panels made of hot and cold-formed steel
make up the body. The aluminium components
on the bonnet, the front and rear axle and the
lightweight cast aluminium wheels not only
reduce the overall weight but also the unsprung
masses, which in turn leads to an increase in
driving comfort.
Drive technologies such as direct fuel injection
and turbocharging have always made Audi
engines more powerful. The modern TDI and TFSI
engines in the Audi Q3 produce more power with
a smaller engine size, making them lighter than
the corresponding engines of this engine-power
class.
Each lightweight component has an effect on
other components, allowing their dimensions
to be reduced as well. The result is a continuous
development process towards less and less
weight and more and more efficiency. In figures:
a vehicle that weighs 100 kg less can save up to
0.3 litres of fuel per 100km.
The demands placed on modern vehicles
are contradictory. On the one hand, they
must offer enhanced performance and
comfort, on the other they need to be more
economical and efficient. Audi ultra resolves
this conflict by examining each and every
component. We demand the highest
functionality combined with the lowest
possible weight. The result is an intelligent
mix of materials that even allows a reduction
in engine size: lighter vehicles no longer need
a large engine to be agile. In 2011, for
example, the R18 TDI won in Le Mans with a
V6 engine, whereas its victorious predecessor,
the R15 TDI, had featured a V10 engine.
About weight reduction
Aluminium sheet
Aluminium profile
Hot-formed steel
Cold-formed steel
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high-pressure pump
cast steel turbocharging
Many hours of development.
Thousands of miles of testing.
2.0 TFSI engine
And for what reason?
In just a few seconds you will understand why.
In FSI® technology, the fuel is injected directly
into the combustion chamber and atomised into
a fine spray. This way, the fuel – metered to
almost droplet precision – can be called upon the
millisecond that the engine requires it. This can
contribute to better use of the fuel and thus to
reduced fuel consumption.
The fuel consumption and CO₂ emission figures can be found from page 86 onwards.
TFSI technology is employed in the Audi Q3.
And the remarkable thing about it is that it
combines the advantages of FSI with those of
turbocharging. This combination of the FSI
concept and a turbocharger not only enables
excellent efficiency and dynamics, but also
improves engine power. You will notice it as
soon as you accelerate the 2.0 TFSI engine
with 155 kW. Its maximum torque of 300 Nm
will take you from 0 to 100km/h in 6.9 seconds.
The 2.0 TFSI engine with 125 kW generates
a maximum torque of 280 Nm, which it keeps
constant over a speed range of 1,700 to
4,200rpm.
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The injectors open and close
in fractions of a millisecond and
inject fuel several times into the
combustion chamber at pressures
of up to 1,800 bar. In some cases,
an injection process can involve the
injection of the tiniest of amounts
weighing less than a thousandth
of a gram.
TDI®
Pre-injection results in a
“gentle” combustion process
and consequently excellent
combustion acoustics and
agreeable engine running
characteristics.
In other words: Where is the tank?
One in every two Audi cars sold today is a diesel.
What sounds perfectly normal now was cause for
huge excitement 20 years ago, when Audi
revolutionised the market with the first 2.5 TDI
engine. Since then, developments such as
common rail technology have made TDI even
more efficient. Injectors ensure the fuel is finely
and precisely distributed. Consequently, since the
first TDI, the engines have become more
economical, whilst specific output has increased.
The fuel consumption and CO₂ emission figures can be found from page 86 onwards.
So it was only logical that a diesel car should then
enter the world of motorsport. And successfully
too: in 2006, Audi was the first car maker to win
the Le Mans 24 Hours with a diesel-powered race
car, the Audi R10 TDI – and then went on to
repeat this victory several times over, most
recently in 2011.
The Audi Q3’s 130 kW 2.0 TDI engine will impress
you within just a few metres. It reaches its
maximum torque of 380 Nm at just 1,750 rpm
and develops its power evenly, leaving you
fascinated. In just 8.2 seconds you reach
100km/h – and the top speed of 212km/h is
within reach. In the Audi Q3, both the engine
power and efficiency are impressive: the 2.0 TDI
engine with front-wheel drive and 103 kW
consumes only 5.2 l of diesel per 100 kilometres.
In addition, the engines are characterised by good
acoustics and excellent running smoothness.
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