Audi Q3 Drivers Assistance

Audi active lane assit

Stay in lane

For greater safety and convenience, particularly on motorways and main roads the optional Audi active lane assist helps you stay in lane with gentle pulses through the steering wheel.

Using a tiny image recognition camera which watches the lane markings on either side of the Audi Q3 the system knows if you veer too far right or left and you're in danger and so it will gently intervene by giving a corrective steering prompt to alert you. If you change lanes using your indicators, the system knows that's safe and temporarily switches itself off.

The driver has a choice of two settings in the MMI:

Steering intervention early: Continuously helps the driver to stay in lane with steering impulses that centre the vehicle in its lane

Steering intervention late: Alerts the driver that the vehicle is possibly crossing the lane markings at the same time as providing a corrective steering prompt

Audi side assist

Safe lane changing

The optional Audi side assist offers safe lane-changing even if there's another vehicle in your blind spot. At speeds over 40mph, it monitors the area to the rear and sides of the car and detects whether the lane is occupied by another vehicle. If it is, LEDs on the corresponding door mirror warn you before you begin to pull out.

Speed limit display

Know your speed

Speed limit display is available as an option on he Audi Q3,in conjunction with Audi active lane assist and HDD based satellite navigation. It is a camera based speed sign recognition system that detects the speed limit and displays the limit on the Driver's Information system, so if the driver misses speed limit signs, then they can be read conveniently and safely.

Easy parking

The Acoustic Parking System, with its eight ultrasonic sensors, provides all-round assistance when parking the Q3. As soon as the distance to an obstacle at the front, rear or side is down to a preset minimum, you are warned of the fact by a tone signal, as well as a graphical indication on the MMI Screen. The closer you get to an obstacle, the faster the tones sound until you're less than 25cm away, when the tone becomes continuous. The system is only activated when reverse gear is engaged.

The optional Parking System Advanced adds to this a small camera in the boot lid, providing a 130° view to the rear, displayed on the Multi Media Interface screen. The image is overlaid with coloured graphics and shows the path the vehicle will take based on the position of the steering wheel. With blind spots minimised, the driver is able to park effortlessly in even the tightest of parking spots.

When activated the impressive Park assist option scans the side of the road for spaces large enough to accommodate the Q3 (both parallel and right-angle spaces) and alerts you when it finds one. You then pull up alongside the space and select reverse the steering wheel is controlled automatically to establish the correct parking line while you simply control th

Rain & Ligh sensors

Clear visibility - no matter what the conditions

The light and rain sensors can automatically activate or deactivate the low-beam headlights and the windscreen wipers when required. This is particularly convenient, for instance, in unpredictable and poor weather, entering tunnels, or simply, when it's getting dark. And the rain sensor reacts to the strength of the rain - adapting the wiper interval accordingly - meaning you can just concentrate on driving.

Light and rain sensors come as standard on the Audi Q3.