Sexy Back
Man's World|May 2023
Audi’s compact SUV gets a sloping roofline and some visual differentiation to go along with everything else that we loved
Afzal Rawuther
Sexy Back

Sometimes, automotive designers make odd choices based on intuition more than anything else, and somehow, they click. The Coupe SUV is one such choice. Marry a sloping, sharply raked roofline to the rear of an SUV, and voilà! You have got yourself an SUV that has an attractive, sporty profile. But it compromises the headroom for rear passengers. When you think about it, it shouldn't work. But it does, and customers love them - so much so that every luxury brand went ahead and made one. The Audi Q3 is a great car for the price. There is no doubt and I love it to bits. With the Audi Q3 Sportback, the brand has decided to give the Coupe SUV treatment to one of its smaller SUVs, and the two of us got well-acquainted over a couple of days.

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