ONE of the most unexpectedly popular automotive trends of the past decade has to be the coupe-style SUV, giving customers the option of a sportier look for their SUV, which has been slowly surpassing passenger cars as Australia’s favourite vehicle type.

First kicked off by BMW with the X6, other brands have jumped on the coupe-style SUV bandwagon with models like the Mercedes GLC and GLE Coupes, the Porsche Cayenne Coupe and the Audi Q8.

Audi wasn’t satisfied with having the top-spec Q8 as its only slope-backed SUV, and as such has introduced the Sportback body style to its popular Q3 small SUV, which arrived in new-generation guise late last year.

With a sportier overall design and some minor spec changes, has the Sportback emerged as the most desirable iteration of the new-generation Q3?