Styling, safety, efficiency, equipment and power were all on the agenda for the team given the tough task of reworking the already highly successful Audi Q3, and the fruit of their labour is due to open for order in the UK later this month priced from £25,340 OTR.
The further improved RS Q3 flagship, the output of which the team has boosted to give a total of 338bhp, will become available in January 2015 and, like its ‘standard’ counterparts, is expected to reach its first UK customers next spring.
Under the skin, the two TDI clean diesel and three TFSI engines at the heart of the first wave of new Q3 models not only boast higher power outputs and improved fuel economy, but also CO2 reductions of as much as 17% and compliance with EU6 emissions regulations.
Pricing and full specification for the new Audi RS Q3 will be confirmed nearer to its January 2015 UK launch date.
