Facelift THE NEW AUDI A3 (2016 FACELIFT) – STILL AHEAD OF THE CURVE

Chris MC said:

The Ireland configurator also has a greater selection of alloys to choose from.

Anybody know if you choose the comfort & sound package (currently brochure only), can you still spec parking system plus? Would the additional cost just be £700 - 425 (rear parking part)??

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G--Man said:

They only charged me an extra £300 for the Parking system plus after adding Comfort and sound package.

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Chris MC said:

Thanks for that. Good to know.

Been waiting on the salesman to get back to me on organising a test drive. Hopefully some day next week.

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jonnythefox said:

Do the car dealers in Ireland have the FL A3?
I was told (Audi Limerick)they would not have any in the showroom until September ?

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Mullaccc said:

Nasty in what way? When I saw it was grey on the configurator instead of black it did stand out so I decided to play it safe with Daytona grey as it would blend in more. Can always get it wrapped black if it isn't nice.

Also, still can't believe there aren't any photos of the FL S3 Sportback...

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bhead9318 said:

Could this be the new cosmos blue in the flesh?

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JordanT92 said:

Found an A3 Cabriolet in Cosmos Blue in Cardiff Audi, S Line with Light Design pack so it does have the LED strip on the doors, couldn't find an A3 without that pack so couldn't verify if it's standard or not. The blue is lovely, dark but if the weather is right I bet it would look fantastic.

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h5djr said:

I must admit I've been a member of this forum for over 13 years and I've never known such much discussion on a single colour - Blue. When I purchased my current A3 back in 2014 there were only two colour being considered Black or White. When I visited the Ingolstadt plant the year before almost every A3/S3 on the line was either Black or White. A3 Saloons are not built in Germany so I cannot comment on them.

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bhead9318 said:

Thanks for the pictures JordanT92! It's definitely darker than the photo I posted just before yours, I'd imagine this is one of those paint schemes that you have to see in person to really appreciate.

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JordanT92 said:

Found an A3 Cabriolet in Cosmos Blue in Cardiff Audi, S Line with Light Design pack so it does have the LED strip on the doors, couldn't find an A3 without that pack so couldn't verify if it's standard or not. The blue is lovely, dark but if the weather is right I bet it would look fantastic.

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jassyo06 said:

Most TT/TTS with 19" alloys come with them as well,one good reason to jump to 20"s on a TTS at least you get Bridgestone or pirelli,Hankook/South Korean are horrible looking tyres and don't belong on a German built car full stop and yeah it is a cost cutting measure.

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monkeyhanger said:

I wouldn't consider myself lucky if I got Bridgestones, they're absolutely *****, on a 2WD Golf/A3 with decent output (>150ps) and Bridgestones you'll get lots of tramping. My recent roster of VAG cars bought new:-

2005 MK5 Golf 140TDI PD - Dunlops on 16" wheels - no tramping.

2007 MK5 Golf 170TDI PD - Bridgestone S001 on 17" wheels, hopped like a Kangaroo with anything more than 50% throttle in dry from a standstill, or 30% in the wet. Changed to Michelin PS3s and not a bit of tramping.

2009 Scirocco 140TDI CR - Dunlop SP01 on 18" wheels - no tramping.

2011 Scirocco 170TDI CR - Pirelli P7 on 18" wheels - no tramping.

2013 MK7 Golf GTD - Bridgestone S001 on 18" wheels hopped like a Kangaroo with anything more than 50% throttle in dry from a standstill, or 30% in the wet. Tramping totally ruined that car, with that in mind rather than replace the tyres, I had an itch for a Golf R, thinking that things would be so much better with a Haldex based 4WD. VW advertised the MK7 GTD and GTI in the early days as having an "anti-tramp device" - mine didn't work, whatever the device was.

2015 MK7 Golf R - Bridgestone RE050 on 19" wheels. The haldex took care of the tramping, but grip was still poor when you pushed the car when moving. 6k miles in, when the car started to slide when crawling around a large roundabout at 20mph in December with 11C ambient temp after a RWD BMW 120 took it much quicker without issue, I decided enough was enough and spent £600 of my hard earned money to get Michelin Pilot Super Sports which have transformed the car - it is unflappable in all conditions. It just ****** me off that I buy VW's hottest hatch ever and they put ***** tyres on it - causing me to have to spend again to replace tyres simply not fit for purpose. No way in the world VW fitted those tyres when conducting performance and economy figures.

Bridgestones will last forever because they're rock hard, but they are absolute **** - Pirelli, Dunlop, Goodyear, Continental and Michelin beat Bridgestones by quite a margin. My wife's Audi A1 1.6TDI 116ps came with Hankooks - if I push it hard I can get the tyres to chirp slightly off the line.

If I do get an S3 next time, i'd be tempted to have the tyres replaced on day 1 if they were Bridgestones.

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Cloudytoo said:

Colour is such an immotive subject. Within the A3 range some colours, IMO, are better suited to the lines of the car. I also think that Audi should contact owners to get their opinion of colours to try as I think the range is quite staid. For instance, I would like to see a BMW Mini coloured cream on the A3 SB with black trim. Anyone got any other colours they would like to see?

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Cloudytoo said:

I've asked my audi dealer to confirm the make of tyres that will come with my new A3 SB. Not too much to ask is it?

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Cloudytoo said:

I've asked my audi dealer to confirm the make of tyres that will come with my new A3 SB. Not too much to ask is it?

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Scottyg said:

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Scottyg said:

Amalfi

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gripross said:

I can confirm mine was showing electric seat with memory on my Audi but when I went to view the car on Monday there was no electric seat....
p.s picking mine up in the morning from Wakefield Audi
A3 S Line Saloon in nano grey with extras including heated seats ( but not electric seats) lol

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gripross said:

Sorry I can't confirm as it was

sorry cryptic but it was Monday in brilliant sunshine when I saw car for the first time and forgot to check half of the stuff I wanted to. Picking it up Saturday so will get back to you mste

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Jak_11 said:

I would be surprised if this is include with the interior light package, as its an easy £200 for Audi & the name "light design inlays" puts this in the right ball park. I would be very happy to be proven wrong, would love this to be included, just cant see it happening... I also read somewhere that only the front door sills would light up? seems a shame for us 5 door folk

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gripross said:

Thanks moonlight... Was unsure about the colour before seeing it but looks really good in the flesh

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Gordo77 said:

Had an A1 Sport in Amalfi... a nice warm white. Starting to get the feeling that white is a bit out of fashion now.

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monkeyhanger said:

I've a feeling white is going out of fashion now everyone is charging at least £200 for it. 5 years ago you had a choice of at least 3 non-metallic colours at no cost, now it seems you only have the choice of one non-metallic colour, and if you consider it an ok colour but it is only a few hundred quid more to get the colour they really want, they'll pay it over the white. Saw it a few years ago on the Golf - Tornado Red became popular as a no-cost colour (especially among the leasers), so VW started charging £260 for it. Metallic/pearl paint is the biggest con going, considering the costs involved - add a little bit of powdered aluminium or mica and charge upwards of £500. The extra cost of metallic paint used to be semi-justifiable when solid colours truly were solid, but now all non-metallic paints come with a clear layer just like metallics always have, there really should be nothing in it. People (including myself) will pay the metallic premium to get the colour they want but I don't think anyone here could say that £550 is good value for money.

The Audi palette is pretty drab (and so is VW's in the main) - lots of greyscale colours, a couple of blues (Sepang no longer available - great colour, Scuba blue is drab, undecided on the others), metallic blacks can look great for 5 mins after washing them. There aren't many stand-out colours.

There are those odd colours that photograph well in certain light, but look **** 90% of the time - anyone seen Limestone Grey on a golf? Looks great 10% of the time when it looks like a Mercury Grey, but most of the time it looks like the metallic version of that "greige" colour of old hearing aids. I've a feeling that the new Audi Blues like Navarra might be a bit like that, great in the sunlight and completely drab otherwise. If I were getting an Audi right now, i'd probably have to go with Daytona (but only because Sepang is now gone).

This is all my opinion on colour preferences, everyone has their own opinion, but I don't think my choices are very contrary. Do Audi's suit loud colours generally? They're very understated in the main.

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Gordo77 said:

Great pics gripross! Interesting that everything is white, including the window switches on the doors. Are the MMI buttons white too? The TT is a mix of red and white, but the window switches are definitely red on the TT including the lock/unlock button. I like that a lot. Lovely car all round.

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gripross said:

yes gordo the mmi switches/wheel are white too. lights in footwell and even lights in back doors but i think that these are an option (aluminium inlays at £200) because as i've said before the car i have was specced to go into Audi Wakefields showroom but they sold it me as i'd purchashed a pre fl and changed my mind and i'd done a CAR WOW quote and they didn't want to loose my buisiness. i originally wanted daytona grey but they had ordered Nano grey on this particular car. i was unsure but can now say i'm glad they chose it as i love the colour, the car is definately a head turner when i

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monkeyhanger said:

I wouldn't consider myself lucky if I got Bridgestones, they're absolutely *****, on a 2WD Golf/A3 with decent output (>150ps) and Bridgestones you'll get lots of tramping. My recent roster of VAG cars bought new:-

2005 MK5 Golf 140TDI PD - Dunlops on 16" wheels - no tramping.

2007 MK5 Golf 170TDI PD - Bridgestone S001 on 17" wheels, hopped like a Kangaroo with anything more than 50% throttle in dry from a standstill, or 30% in the wet. Changed to Michelin PS3s and not a bit of tramping.

2009 Scirocco 140TDI CR - Dunlop SP01 on 18" wheels - no tramping.

2011 Scirocco 170TDI CR - Pirelli P7 on 18" wheels - no tramping.

2013 MK7 Golf GTD - Bridgestone S001 on 18" wheels hopped like a Kangaroo with anything more than 50% throttle in dry from a standstill, or 30% in the wet. Tramping totally ruined that car, with that in mind rather than replace the tyres, I had an itch for a Golf R, thinking that things would be so much better with a Haldex based 4WD. VW advertised the MK7 GTD and GTI in the early days as having an "anti-tramp device" - mine didn't work, whatever the device was.

2015 MK7 Golf R - Bridgestone RE050 on 19" wheels. The haldex took care of the tramping, but grip was still poor when you pushed the car when moving. 6k miles in, when the car started to slide when crawling around a large roundabout at 20mph in December with 11C ambient temp after a RWD BMW 120 took it much quicker without issue, I decided enough was enough and spent £600 of my hard earned money to get Michelin Pilot Super Sports which have transformed the car - it is unflappable in all conditions. It just ****** me off that I buy VW's hottest hatch ever and they put ***** tyres on it - causing me to have to spend again to replace tyres simply not fit for purpose. No way in the world VW fitted those tyres when conducting performance and economy figures.

Bridgestones will last forever because they're rock hard, but they are absolute **** - Pirelli, Dunlop, Goodyear, Continental and Michelin beat Bridgestones by quite a margin. My wife's Audi A1 1.6TDI 116ps came with Hankooks - if I push it hard I can get the tyres to chirp slightly off the line.

If I do get an S3 next time, i'd be tempted to have the tyres replaced on day 1 if they were Bridgestones.

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Jak_11 said:

Now I see them inlays properly, I really really want them Yeah I'm about 99% sure now they are an extra. Wish it was clearer when I placed the order, but ohh well, should be enough LED's to keep me entertained any how! Nice looking car btw mate!

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