Road TestCar reviews - Audi - A3 - Sportback 1.0 TFSIAudi modelsA3 1.8T 5-dr hatch 2.0 FSI 3-dr hatch 3-dr range Ambition Cabriolet range Cabriolet TFSI Range RS3 Sedan RS3 Sportback S3 3-dr hatch S3 Cabriolet S3 sedan S3 Sportback S3 Sportback 5-dr hatch S3 Sportback S-tronic 5-dr hatch Sedan sedan 1.8 TFSI Sportback 1.0 TFSI Sportback 1.8 TFSI Quattro Sportback 1.9 TDIe 5-dr hatch Sportback 3.2 5-dr hatch Sportback 5-dr hatch range Sportback e-tron Research Audi OverviewEntry-level Audi A3 1.0 TFSI heads down in cylinder count, but not downmarket inside5 Oct 2017 THIRTY-five is the age in which a person can no longer ‘round down’ to being closer to a youthful twenty-something, but those digits – in thousands of dollars, not human years – also happen to represent the step-off point from a mainstream to a premium small car, like the Audi A3 1.0 TFSI. Quite aptly the Audi A3 has long been the mature, intelligent option in the premium small car class. The 1.0 TFSI is also the most affordable of a German-badged, five-door hatchback trio that also includes the BMW 118i and Mercedes-Benz A180. The entry-level A3 was updated late last year with more equipment than before, plus a new, downsized three-cylinder turbocharged engine. As a mainstream Volkswagen Golf, for example, tails off at around this price and hands the reins to its sportier GTI model grades, this Audi just gets started. It also starts from a higher cabin quality base, though is that enough for buyers to make the leap beyond the mainstream small car leader? GalleryClick to see larger images Model release date: 1 November 2016 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen |
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