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<\/a><\/p>\nThe crossover is one of Audi’s best selling models and will arrive in September priced from \u00a338,300<\/p>\n
The Audi<\/a> Q3 has returned for a third generation, bringing a fresh design and a quite radical interior operational change.<\/p>\n One of the German car maker\u2019s best selling models \u2013 having sold more than two million globally since its 2011 launch \u2013 the crossover will arrive in September priced from \u00a338,300.<\/p>\n While sporting a much-changed new design compared to the previous model<\/a>, one of its most interesting changes comes inside, where traditional control stalks have been replaced with a new solid block with buttons.\u00a0<\/p>\n What Audi refers to as its \u2018steering wheel control unit\u2019 houses everything from drive selection and light functions to windscreen wiper operations and even the indicators. All are operated by physical buttons and the panel ends do not, like a stalk, move.<\/p>\n If customer feedback is positive on the new control unit, it will likely be rolled out across the rest of the range. Audi isn\u2019t the first car maker to try and reinvent operational stalks, the most notable being Tesla<\/a> which, with the facelifted Model 3<\/a>, did away with them altogether, moving indicators to touch-sensitive buttons on the steering wheel – something, after feedback, it reversed with the updated Model Y<\/a>.<\/p>\n What\u2019s more, removing the previous model\u2019s gear lever has freed up space in the centre console for a pair of cup holders and a wireless charging pad. Elsewhere, the Q3\u2019s cabin gains a new 12.8inch infotainment screen and 11.9inch instrument cluster.<\/p>\n The new Q3 arrives with a fresh exterior design which is a big departure from the more rounded second-generation car it replaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n The crossover borrows much of its lighting signatures from the new A6 Avant<\/a>: at the front it uses its slimmed LED lights, and at the rear the same light bar and rear light designs. The Q3\u2019s rear badge is, like most new VW Group cars, also illuminated.<\/p>\n Again based on the same MQB platform as the Audi A3<\/a> and VW Golf<\/a>, the new Q3 opens with the 148bhp four cylinder mild-hybrid and is topped by a 268bhp plug-in hybrid with 75 miles of engine-off range, double that of the car it replaces. With that top spec powertrain, the Q3 is priced at \u00a345,800.<\/p>\n The Q3 is also offered with a \u00a340,000 148bhp diesel which, alongside the new A6, will be some of the final Audis to offer the fuel option.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/audi-q3-unveils-bold-redesign-and-innovative-control-system-for-2025.jpg\")
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