Mileage 1318 List price £33,915 Target Price £32,350 Price as tested £35,935 Test economy 41.1mpg
IF YOU’RE INTO theatre and the works of Tolkien, as I am, the fact that there’s now a stage show based on The Lord of the Rings is big news indeed. And going to see it provided the per fect opportunity for an adventure of my own in my Audi Q2.
With bums on four of the seats, we set off from London on a 120-mile round trip to the theatre in Newbury. Despite the heavy load, the Q2’s 1.5-litre petrol engine offered peppy acceleration in city traffic, before settling down to a quiet thrum on the motorway.
Even this was inaudible once we’d got the score from The Lord of the Rings film series playing on the Q2’s Sonos audio system. The crisp sound made me doubt whether there’s any need to step up to Vorsprung trim for its 14-speaker Bang & Olufsen set-up.