After the more luxurious and larger SUVs, in 2011 Audi began to devote itself to smaller SUVs, with this derived from the A3. Crucial to the brand's economic development in Europe, the Q3 was also offered in an RS variant, equipped with the 5-cylinder of the RS and TT-RS. Among the special series were the Midnight Series, Sport Design and Urban Techno. The first restyling of the Q3 took place in the autumn of 2014 and the car went out of production in 2018. The main engines are the 2000cc TDI with 140 and 177 horsepower.