[Auto]Audi Q2: the compact model of the Q family is updated

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Now, Audi is revamping the smallest model in the Q family, with an even more distinctive silhouette that includes striking details and new headlights. State-of-the-art assistance systems make the driving experience even safer.

 

As its design reveals at first glance, the Audi Q2 is a robust and sporty-looking SUV. At the same time it is powerful and sleek, the lines of the body give it an image that conveys security. The compact SUV measures 4.21 meters in length, 17 millimeters more than before. The wheelbase of 2.60 meters, the width of 1.79 meters and the height of 1.54 meters remain the same.

 

The designers have now applied the polygonal motifs that already characterized the front and the line of the shoulders to the back. The fender features a diffuser insert that includes large five-sided polygons. The front end also receives modifications, with the surfaces under the headlights emerging in a more striking way. The large integrated air intakes, which are also pentagonal, provide greater expressiveness, especially in the Sport version. The octagonal Singleframe grille, where the polygonal motifs appear again, slightly reduces its height, which gives a greater feeling of width at the front.

 

The range of colors for the bodywork of the new Audi Q2 includes five new options: apple green –new for the brand–, Manhattan gray, Navarra blue, arrow gray and turbo blue. The rear pillars (blades) can be painted in body color or in Manhattan gray, matt platinum gray, foil silver, selenite silver or gloss black.

 

Audi offers the Dynamic, Select and Sport versions; in addition to the S Line package available for the Sport version.

Reference technology in the segment: Matrix LED headlights

Even in the basic version, the new Q2 features LED headlights as standard and can optionally equip the Matrix LED headlights. Seven individual LEDs integrated into a shared module produce an intelligently controlled high intensity beam of light, which always illuminates the road as clearly as possible without dazzling other users. Ten light-emitting diodes installed behind the rhomboid-shaped optics generate daylight, while seven additional LEDs are associated with the dynamic indicators.

 

Audi offers a version with LED technology for the taillights. If Matrix LED headlights are equipped, dynamic rear indicators are standard. When the car is closed and opened, both the headlights and the rear light clusters reproduce a light sequence.

 

TFSI engine for the Q2

The compact SUV is launched on the market with a powerful gasoline engine: the 1.4 TFSI that powers the Q2 35 TFSI, has a power of 150 hp and a maximum torque of 250 Nm between 1,500 and 3,500 rpm.
 
It accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h in 8.8 seconds and its maximum speed is 213 km / h, equipped with an 8-speed automatic transmission.

Comfortable and spacious: the interior

 

The interior of the Audi Q2 offers space for five passengers, who can easily access and sit in an elevated position. The optional panoramic roof increases the interior brightness; tinted windows, also optional, offer greater privacy in the rear seats. The luggage compartment capacity is 405 liters, which expands to 1,050 liters when the rear seat backs are folded down. As an option, it can be equipped with an electric trunk.

 

The interior design of the SUV reflects the taut lines of the body, with new shapes for the air conditioning vents and the selector switch for the automatic transmission.

 

Seat offer

 

In the Dynamic version, the standard seats are available with fabric upholstery or a combination of leather and imitation leather can be chosen as an option. For the Select version, standard seats with a combination of leather and imitation leather are offered as standard, the Sport version includes sports seats. The seat upholstery is generally black.

 

Depending on the version, they have bands that accentuate the side reinforcements or contrasting stitching in gray, black and brown.

 

In the Sport version with the S Line package, the seats are sporty with the S line interior line. The upholstery, which features embossed S logos on the backrest, is in Fine Napa leather. The S line interior line also features contrasting stitching in gray and black colors.

 

S Line Package

 

On the Sport version, the S line package is available with the following equipment:

 

• Inserts in graphic light format

 

• Interior ambient lighting (dimmable LED light in various colors)

• Aluminum pedals

 

• Sports suspension

 

• S line emblems

 

• Bang & Olufsen sound system

 

• 18 ”segmented 5-spoke aluminum wheels

 

• S-engraved Fine Napa leather seat upholstery on front seat backs

 

High connectivity: displays and infotainment

 

In the new Q2 the range of displays and infotainment is
 
structured on two levels. As standard, it is equipped with analog instrumentation with a color screen and a 17.8 cm (7-inch) color display. The top-of-the-range option is the 31.2-cm (12.3-inch) Audi virtual cockpit featuring a 21-cm (8.3-inch) screen and the Audi smartphone interface, available in the Connectivity Package. It is operated via the MMI touch rotary control located on the center console or through the voice control system, which recognizes natural language.

 

Optional hardware elements such as the Audi smartphone interface or the Audi phone box, which connect mobile phones directly to the vehicle, complete the infotainment offering. The Bang & Olufsen Premium Sound System audio system, with 14 speakers and a power of 705 watts, is unique in the compact SUV segment.

 

More safety and comfort on the road: driver assistance systems

 

Audi offers numerous driver assistance systems for the new Q2 such as cruise control as standard, the optional Audi pre sense front, which uses radar to monitor what is happening in front of the car and can warn of impending collisions with other vehicles , pedestrians or cyclists, the Audi parking system plus, the rear camera, among others.

 

Progressive steering as standard: the running gear

 

The Audi Q2 is a sporty compact SUV. Its standard equipment includes progressive steering, which becomes more direct as the steering wheel increases. On front-wheel drive versions, a lower triangle McPherson frame guides the front wheels; A compact torsional shaft is installed at the rear.

 

A sports suspension is available as optional equipment, lowering body-to-ground clearance by 10 millimeters (included in the S line Package). As standard equipment, the Audi drive select driving system is offered, which allows the driver to configure the throttle response, steering assistance and other parameters in five profiles: auto, efficiency, comfort, dynamic, and individual.

 

The range of wheels starts at 17 inches with 215/55 tires and 18-inch wheels with 215/50 tires are available as optional equipment.

 

The standard equipment of the Audi Q2 for the Mexican market includes in all versions elements such as the front LED headlights, the rear Audi parking system and cruise control, as well as the front armrest, front USB socket, the instrument panel in color, among others.

 

The Q2 product improvement highlights the focus on product design and fun to drive. Some of the most important changes are:

 

• New design of fenders, front and rear

• 5 new exterior colors

• 3 new colors for the lateral blade

• 5 new wheel designs

• New LED headlights as standard for all versions

• New indoor air vents

• New gear lever

 

The new Audi Q2 is now available in Mexico from $ 549,900.00 MXN.