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Ollie Kew,
27 March 2013 09:00
Audi has plugged the slender gap between the five-door Audi A3 Sportback and A4 saloon with this new model: the A3 Saloon. Available in the full range of A3 powertrain and trim options, a 296bhp S3 version will follow in a few months, as seen in these first official pictures. How do I pigeonhole the Audi A3 Saloon? It's a ...
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Ben Pulman (photography by George F. Williams),
11 March 2013 23:00
Which is the best premium German family hatchback – the VW Golf Mk7, Audi A3 or Mercedes A-class? CAR gathered an Audi A3 1.4 TFSI SE, a Mercedes A200 Sport and a VW Golf GT 1.4 TSI together in central London to bring you the definitive verdict. VW has spent billions developing the seventh-gen version of the Golf, Europe’s biggest-selling ...
3.5
Phil McNamara,
23 January 2013 08:50
Audi’s first plug-in hybrid will hit the UK by 2015, with the electric-assisted drivetrain installed in the A3. E-tron versions of the next-generation A4 and Q7 will follow, as Audi gets serious about plug-ins, and takes the fight to BMW’s forthcoming range of ‘born electric’ i cars. Audi A3 e-tron: the full lowdown Audi UK’s number-crunchers have been trying to ...
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Georg Kacher,
16 January 2013 09:47
Audi is putting the finishing touches to its third A3 model, the ‘Sportlimousine’ – or saloon to people who don’t speak marketing. The A3 saloon will land in UK dealers by the end of 2013. A concept car at the 2011 Geneva show previewed the four-door A3, and its small notchbook rump and dynamic lines will be put into production ...
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Ollie Kew,
07 June 2012 09:10
Audi has priced up the third generation A3 hatchback, due to go on sale in September 2012. With the range starting at £19,205 and rising to £26,560 - before you've tackled Audi's infamous options list - the new A3 looks to be gunning straight for the new BMW 1-series. How does the new Audi A3 model range shape up? Mercifully, ...
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Chris Chilton,
21 May 2012 12:55
Audi’s first new A3 for nine years is also our first glimpse at the new MQB platform, the building block of every major transverse-engined car in the VW empire for the next few years. It’s been nine years since the last A3 was released. We’ve had two new Golfs in that time. Why the delay? Well Audi has been a ...
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Ben Pulman,
05 March 2012 20:00
This is the new Audi A3, revealed on the eve of the 2012 Geneva motor show at the VW Group’s traditional pre-show party. This third-generation A3 is built on the VW Group's new MQB platform, is lighter than its predecessor, will eventually be sold in hybrid guises, and boasts high-end technology that even the Audi A8 limo doesn’t have. So what ...
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Tim Pollard,
30 January 2012 11:21
Audi is readying its new A3 range for the 2012 Geneva motor show, but our man on the Continent has papped these crystal-clear spy shots of the new A3 - possibly in S3 spec - a few weeks early. What makes you think this is the new 2012 Audi S3? See those twin pipes at the rear? That's a signature ...
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Ben Pulman,
11 January 2012 12:59
Audi has revealed the interior of the next Audi A3 at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas... And what should I know about the insides of the new Audi A3? The interior of the A3 was unveiled at the Consumer Electronic Shows (CES) in Las Vegas, where there was lot of technical talk about plug-in modules and dual-core ...
