The Audi Q3, with its steeply raked rear screen, compact, chunky dimensions and premium allure is not hard to recommend. It boasts all of the usual Audi SUV/crossover qualities, but all wrapped in reasonably sized package with design that makes it look far more imposing in the metal than you’d think.

KBB liked it a lot. Their video review of the Q3, which is posted after the virtual jump, is a one way ticket to Highpraiseville.

They seem to like everything about it and by the end their conclusions place it ahead of its rivals, even the much newer Lexus NX or BMW’s rear-drive (3-Series) saloon-based X1; the Mercedes GLK is not even mentioned here…

Its only downside is that of all modern German models: the price rapidly mounts with each option box you dare have the nerve to tick.

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