2012 Audi Q3 First Drive: You’ll Want to Get the Turbo Five-Cylinder

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Audi launches a compact crossover—and dumps the TT RS engine into it.

Not content with the success of the Q5, Audi is launching an even smaller crossover to compete with the BMW X1 and the Acura RDX. While the Q3’s underpinnings started with the VW Tiguan platform, the architecture was significantly altered to be considered worthy of Audi’s four interconnected rings. “We have taken the most suitable parts from the components bin, and its architecture is basically a mix of the PQ46 [Passat, CC] and the PQ35 [Tiguan, MkVI Golf] platforms,” says development coordinator Thomas Soppa.

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