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Audi Releases First Video of All-New Q3

In case you missed it, Audi recently revealed the baby vehicle of its SUV range. Now, the German carmaker has posted a short video, showing the car testing on an oval circuit while also offering us a quick walkaround of the exterior and interior.

When the Q3 was first shown, the exterior was typically Audi, but it actually looks good on video. It kinda looks like a little puppy dog with a sad face and an orange coat.

The 2012 Audi Q3 will be one of many new production and concept models to be introduced in a world premiere at next week’s Shanghai International Auto Show. It will first go on sale in Germany this June, at a base price of €29,900, and shortly after to the rest of Europe. The Ingolstadt-based automaker has not yet decided if it will bring the Q3 to North America.

Audi’s answer to the BMW X1 will come with 2.0-liter engines, both petrol and diesel. The 2.0-liter TFSI will come in two states of tune, offering 170 hp and 211 hp. The most powerful version of the two will propel the Q3 from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 6.9 seconds and on up to a top speed of 230 km/h (143 mph).

Meanwhile, the 2.0-liter TDI be available with 177 hp at first and 170 hp later on. When coupled with front-wheel drive, the 140HP version will allow the car to return a combined fuel economy of than 5.2 liters per 100 kilometers (equal to 45.2 US mpg).

Both the two petrols and the more powerful diesel will come with permanent all-wheel drive.

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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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