Start with what the Audi Q3 is: a 5-door SUV with 1.4L Volkswagen EA211 TFSI I4, built from 2011, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Julian Hönig (Concept: 2006; Production: 2009).
How it came about
The Audi Q3 is a subcompact luxury crossover SUV produced by Audi since 2011. The Q3 has a transverse-mounted front engine. It was unveiled in April 2007 at the Shanghai motor show. A coupe SUV variant has been produced since the second generation, called the Q3 Sportback. Since the discontinuation of the Audi A1 and Audi Q2 in 2026, the Q3 is Audi's smallest combustion engine model, alongside the Audi A3.
The hardware
The engine is 1.4L Volkswagen EA211 TFSI I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 6-speed manual / 6-speed automatic (North America) / 6-speed S-Tronic (1.4 TFSI) / 7-speed S-Tronic. The wheelbase is 2603 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Lamborghini Aventador, the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Nissan Leaf. Its Audi stablemates include the Audi 200 and the Audi 225.
Owning one today
Buying one now means $14,300–$49,100 for a typical example, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,050–$5,959 a year. Insurance sits around $1,470–$2,930 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.
Audi Q3 8U 
Audi Q3 F3