Audi is just now launching its Q3 small crossover, although it won’t be hitting the U.S. market for a while, if ever. That’s too bad, as it now emerges that the engine lineup will be topped by one of the most interesting powerplants available anywhere: the same 2.5-liter, single-turbo inline-five that powers Audi’s TT RS and RS3 with stout authority. In the Q3, the jazzy five will produce around 300 hp, down 35 to 40 hp from its other applications. Audi promises the mill will set its small utelet apart from the competition with its sound, a claim we don’t doubt.
For now, the moniker for five-pistoned Q3s is 2.5 TFSI; these models will be distinguished from their lesser siblings only by larger wheels and special paint. But the 2.5 TFSI won’t go on sale for a year or so, which gives Audi ample time to reconsider that strategy: We think this particular Q3 is deserving of a proper “S” badge and some exclusive body treatments. We’ll be driving Audi’s latest crossover very soon, with a full report to follow—stay tuned.
Audi is launching its Q3 – and it won’t come to the US market for now.
>That’s too bad, as it now emerges that the lineup will be topped off
>with one of the most interesting engines on the market right now – the
>same 2.5-liter, single-turbo i-5 that powers the Audi TT RS and RS3
>models with grim authority. For the Q3, this single-turbo unit will be
>detuned to produce around 300hp, but it will set the compact crossover
>SUV apart from the competition with its sound, Audi promises.
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Source: http://blog.caranddriver.com/five-alive-audis-q3-crossover-to-get-rs3tt-rs-five-cylinder/
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