2017 Audi Q2 TDI Quattro Sport Review | High Price Overrides Small SUV’s Redeeming Qualities
This is the year that SUV models are tipped to outsell passenger cars, and the Audi Q2 2.0 TDI steps up as a clear next move in the evolution of that unstoppable trend.
Audi already offers a Q3, and it could be thought that this one-digit-down model would be both smaller and cheaper than that old sibling. In the latter case, not so.
The Q2 is smaller, but it’s also lower and sportier than the Q3 that is confirmed to be replaced in 2018. More importantly, the littlest Audi SUV offers styling funk and a more youthful character to its mature sibling – but for about the same outlay of cash.
SUVs are now so popular that Audi clearly believes its Q2 can sit beside Q3 in dealers, wearing similar stickers but aimed at a different buyer shopping within the genre. The question is, does this 2.0 TDI deserve to cost $48K plus (many) options?
Vehicle Style: Small SUV
Price: $47,900 (plus on-road costs)
Engine/trans: 110kW/340Nm 2.0 four-cylinder turbo diesel | seven-speed dual-clutch
Fuel Economy Claimed: 5.0 L/100km | Tested: 6.7 L/100km
OVERVIEW
The Audi Q2 is available in 1.4 TFSI petrol front-wheel drive guise priced from $41,100 plus on-road costs, and the 2.0 TDI diesel quattro grade as tested here requires at least $47,900 (plus orc). A 2.0 TFSI petrol quattro will arrive later in 2017.
Standard are 17-inch alloy wheels, autonomous emergency braking (AEB), front and rear parking sensors with rear-view camera, leather-wrapped steering wheel, dual-zone climate control and a 7.0-inch screen with satellite navigation; while this 2.0 TDI quattro adds larger 18s, an electric tailgate and a blind-spot monitor.