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2025 Audi Q3 Sportback unveiled – 29 mm decrease roofline, supplied with petrol, diesel, PHEV powertrains

2025 Audi Q3 Sportback unveiled – 29 mm lower roofline, offered with petrol, diesel, PHEV powertrains

Sizzling on the heels of the third-gen Audi Q3, which was revealed in June, is the model with the sportier roofline – the Audi Q3 Sportback. Technically in its second technology, the ‘coupe SUV’ presents the identical petrol, diesel and plug-in hybrid powertrains as its extra upright sibling.

Which means a 150 PS/250 Nm 1.5 litre TFSI mild-hybrid with cylinder deactivation, a 2.0 litre TFSI in 204 PS/350 Nm and 265 PS/400 Nm states of tune (each with quattro all-wheel drive), a 150 PS/360 Nm 2.0 litre TDI and a PHEV (branded ‘e-hybrid’) that brings collectively a 130 PS/250 Nm 1.5 litre petrol and a 115 PS/330 Nm electrical motor for 272 PS and 400 Nm of torque altogether. All get a seven-speed S tronic twin-clutcher.

The PHEV’s 25.7 kWh (web 19.7 kWh) battery can cost at as much as 50 kW DC and yield as much as 118 km of EV-only vary (one kilometre lower than the non-Sportback Q3). The battery’s underneath the boot, so cargo quantity is 375 litres, down from 488 within the non-hybrids.

Notably, the Q3 and Q3 Sportback share the identical boot quantity with all seats up, regardless of the latter’s 29 mm decrease roofline; it’s solely once you fold the again seats down that the Q3 swallows 1,386 litres in comparison with the Sportback’s 1,289. We might anticipate much less rear headroom within the Sportback, although.

Appears to be like sensible, it’s all as per the Q3 – wider and slimmer Singleframe grille, segmented ‘digital’ DRL eyes, plus pretend aspect air intakes which home the headlamps. Even the again has the identical therapies – full-width rear mild bar (though this isn’t customary throughout the vary), decorative rear bumper ‘vent’ and diffuser-like aspect.

As with the Q3, you possibly can spec your Sportback with matrix LED headlamps with micro LED know-how (25,600 particular person diodes), customisable OLED hind lights, alloys starting from 17 to twenty inches, acoustic entrance aspect home windows, and customary, sports activities or adaptive suspension, with twin-valve adaptive dampers being optionally available.

It’s additionally very a lot Q3 inside – curved ‘digital stage’ widescreen show panel (11.9-inch instrument cluster + 12.8-inch centre touch-screen), right-stalk column gear selector and left-stalk mixed lights, indicators and wipers. We’d love to offer this novel association a attempt to see how intuitive, or in any other case, it’s to function.

The brand new Audi Q3 Sportback is ready to launch in November; a month after the Q3. It’ll begin from 46,450 euros (RM229k), which is 1,850 euros greater than the non-Sportback. The PHEV will price 51,150 euros (RM252k) – the identical premium over the Q3 SUV.

2025 Audi Q3 Sportback


2025 Audi Q3 Sportback e-hybrid PHEV

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