Audi A3

The Audi A3 began production back in 1996 and, once being previewed by the A3 Concept, the automobile is currently coming into its third generation. once months of speculation the automobile has finally created its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The new Audi A3 can press on sale within the spring, and 1st deliveries to customers are going to be this summer. costs in Germany can begin from twenty one, 600 euros ($28,500 at the present exchange rates).

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The second-generation A3 has torn up a couple of trees, though. Still Golf-based and no nice looker, it absolutely was the larger and a lot of helpful five-door Sportback and an improved vary of engines that prised open wallets – it sold 247,000 in 9 years. and that is perhaps why Audi hasn't modified the looks abundant for this new generation, which works on sale in three-door kind this September.

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Powertrains and Performance

The 2011 Audi A3 is offered with 2 completely different engines. The A3 2.0T options a a pair of.0-liter turbocharged gasoline four-cylinder smart for two hundred horsepower and 207 pound-feet of torque. With commonplace front-wheel drive, a six-speed manual and a six-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission referred to as S tronic are on the market. With Quattro all-wheel drive, S tronic is commonplace. In performance testing, an A3 2.0T with the six-speed manual went from zero to sixty mph in seven.2 seconds -- concerning average among equally powered entry-level luxury cars. EPA-estimated fuel economy is twenty one mpg city/30 mpg highway and twenty four mpg combined with the manual, and 21/28/24 with S tronic notwithstanding front- or all-wheel drive.

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Engines at launch are 2 petrol units, 120bhp 1.4-litre and one 78bhp 1.8-litre, and a redesigned and lighter 148bhp a pair of.0-litre turbodiesel, which is able to occupy over sixty five per cent of all UK A3 sales. Transmissions embrace a six-speed manual and optional seven-speed, dual-clutch unit for concerning £1,480. there is conjointly an optional Quattro four-wheel drive system arriving later this year, that at £1,430 appears somewhat of a discount.