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Powerful presence: New Q3 Sportback looks like it has grown more than its actual increase in size.
ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Christopher Tan
SINGAPORE – The future may be electric, but combustion engines are not going to disappear any time soon. In fact, Audi’s new third-generation Q3 shows that there is still life to be squeezed out of the piston-and-sparks recipe.
In the front-wheel-drive Q3 Sportback reviewed here, a trusty 1.5-litre turbo engine sees the return of cylinder-on-demand (which shuts down two of four cylinders under light-load conditions) and a mild-hybrid electric system.
