Audi Q2 Edition #1 is a special launch edition of smallest 4-ring cross-over

The Audi Q2 is the smallest cross-over wearing the 4-ring Audi badge.

Q2 Edition #1

As a special launch edition, the Edition #1 (that’s # as in number, not hashtag) is being made available. 

The sporty special edition wears the S line exterior package, is painted in Audi exclusive quantum grey (which, depending on how light strikes, creates a homogenous tone or a play between light and shadows).  Details are offset in gloss black for the C-pillar blade (a Q2 trademark) and Manhattan grey in the lower area of the body.  19-inch wheels are in the Audi-ID’d black with silver tips – a wheel which looks like a 5-blade rotor.

The technology upscale on the Q2 Edition #1 includes standard LED headlights, and LED taillights with dynamic turn signals (those “running” light indicators seen on other Audis).

The interior gets lavish appointments from the Audi design selection:  sport seats are fitted in front, all seats are covered in a fabric-leather combination in black and amaretto, the leather package is standard, as are illuminated aluminium door sills with S emblem.  The headlining is in titanium grey.  The ambient lighting package uses LED light guides which backlight the sculpted trim strips on the instrument panel and centre console, adjustable in 10 colours.

Yes, if Edition 1 seems familiar, it is the launch edition naming of Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG cars.  So Audi added the # in front of it.  Still, it is a bit copycat – why not create your own unique name for a special edition, Audi? 

What is thankfully unique is how the Q2 is executed – a compact cross-over with the look of a scaled-down SUV, rather than just a raised hatch which the Mercedes GLA is.

The Audi Q2 Edition #1 is not confirmed for local introduction.  The Audi Q2 is on its way to SA, which will be coincidental if it arrived in Q2 of 2016.