在线国产一区二区_成人黄色片在线观看_国产成人免费_日韩精品免费在线视频_亚洲精品美女久久_欧美一级免费在线观看

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
Business / New Cars

Not the most inspiring, but perfectly pleasant

By Chris Knapman (China Daily) Updated: 2015-01-03 11:30

Not the most inspiring, but perfectly pleasant

Audi is revamping its Q3 for 2015 with a revised exterior look that is far more edgy and sporty than before. [Photo/Agencies]

The new model benefits from improvements to engine efficiency and specification, adding further appeal to the German company's smallest SUV.

With the arrival of the 2015 Audi Q3, it seems apt to take a moment to consider the contributing factors in this German car maker's unstoppable rise to the top. This is, after all, a brand that was selling fewer than 20,000 cars per year in the UK in the early 1990s, compared with 142,000 in 2013.

So why such strong growth? Most obviously, there has been a boom in the popularity of premium cars, so that where once big hatchbacks from the mainstream manufacturers were king, now we all want German cars with fancy badges and soft-touch dashboards (and few do a soft-touch dashboard quite like Audi).

In addition, Audi's expanding range of sporty RS models has added an ever brighter halo to the range, while its small A1 hatchback has made the brand more accessible for those with smaller budgets. And there's the explosion in the popularity of SUVs, a trend Audi has capitalised on with its Q models.

It started with the Q7 in 2006, expanded to include the Audi Q5 in 2008 and then in 2011 the range was fleshed out once again by the smallest member of the family, the Q3. In those years alone Audi's sales in the UK almost doubled. Look at global sales and the Q3 has notched up 400,000 since 2011. Good business if you can get it.

Of course, in order to maintain this momentum, ranges must be replaced or refreshed, giving the press something new to write about, dealers something new to talk about and buyers something new to get excited about.

The 2015 Q3 falls very much towards the refreshed end of that replaced/refreshed spectrum. The exterior makeover amounts to some silver trim between the grille and headlights, which you might argue makes the new model look more dated than the one it replaces. It's even more subtle at the rear, to the extent that you'll only know if it's a new Q3 when, instead of a boring old blink, the LED indicators sweep across the light cluster.

The Q3 is Audi's entry-level SUV-at least until the Q1 arrives:

The interior is also a continuation of what Q3 owners have come to expect. So there's space for four adults (five at a push, if you can persuade somebody to take the uncomfortable central perch), plus a 420-litre boot that's an equal of the rival BMW X1's.

Up front you'll find heater controls located just ahead of the gear-lever, where they are tricky to operate without taking your eyes off the road, and a small screen that pops open from the top of the dash-a far cry from the slimline unit that glides out of the A3's dash, let alone the TT's Virtual Cockpit, which relocates the satnav to a 12-inch screen in the instrument binnacle. Or put another way, the Q3's interior, while well built, is starting to show its age.

Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page

Hot Topics

Editor's Picks
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 免费看黄色aaaaaa 片 | 最新中文字幕在线观看 | 欧美在线一级 | 亚洲精品午夜 | 亚洲精品影院 | 在线一区二区三区四区 | 一区二区高清 | 91青青| 免费成人毛片 | 日本免费一级片 | 黄色成人免费视频 | 一区二区中文 | 精品久久久久久 | 亚洲久久久久 | 国产精品毛片一区二区在线看 | 精品欧美黑人一区二区三区 | 亚洲欧美久久 | 无遮挡在线观看 | 中文字幕第5页 | 成人福利视频在线观看 | 成人在线免费观看视频 | 国产乱码一区二区三区 | 亚洲免费视频观看 | 欧美在线网站 | 国产精品美女 | 一本久久道 | 国产成人精品一区二区三区视频 | 一区二区小视频 | 日本免费黄色网址 | 亚洲成人久久久 | 亚洲黄色在线视频 | 国产免费一区 | 九九热在线观看 | 欧美日本一区 | 日韩一区不卡 | 午夜xxx | 欧美黄色一级视频 | 理论片中文字幕 | 一区二区不卡 | 黄色片91 | 成人在线网 |