A3 1.6 Sport Back Sport, This is a great car 1 year on, 18000 Service

[Flugel Hound]

Ive now ran this A3 from new for 1 year and clocked up 18000 enjoyable miles.

Popped it into the dealer this morning and drove away an A4 SLine Saloon courtesy car. Im guessing it was a 2.0l, very smart looking with B&O Sound system.
The A4 made me appreciate how good the the A3 is. The A4 conjured up a few memories of the Passat i used to run. Handling was wollowy, on a flat road more comfortable than the A3, but I came across some undulations and my head was bobbing up and down like a nodding dog, yuk. Obviously faster which was nice.
The dash and user interface was dated compared with the A3, B&O Sound system was good but im not sure it was good enough to opt for it next time (torn on that one). A4 Zenon headlights were good to use. But i found the foot well was very restricted i guess this is to make room for 4wd cars.

Anyway I got the A3 for tax reasons which saves me a few bob and provides a very classy good handling motor. Very happy with the A3. Roll on December 2016

 

[AlnSaz]

Agree its a great motor. Also chose mine for tax reasons but its a solid, frugal, fairly nippy and classy car. 17000 miles since May and hasnt missed a beat...love it!

 

[Relliott6879]

Only 2 months and 3000 miles in, but I'm very happy with mine so far.

 

[JordanQuattro]

Current A4's and A5's are the most dated models in the Audi range IMO. Both have completely new models due for release mid/end 2016. Also the multitronic gearbox is terrible IMO!

 

[J4MMYz]

I test drove a 1.6 TDI purely because it was an SE so i wanted to test the suspension, but I couldn't help but compliment it. So smooth, really pokey as well, nice engine.

Had a Focus 1.6 TDCI before, and that was fairly sluggish, then the turbo would hit and you would have a boost then nothing again. Nothing on the TDi engine.

 

[h5djr]

Current A4's and A5's are the most dated models in the Audi range IMO. Both have completely new models due for release mid/end 2016. Also the multitronic gearbox is terrible IMO!

I understand the new A4 is due for release in early 2015 and Audi is replacing the multitronic with the s-tronic on all models.

 

[JordanQuattro]

I understand the new A4 is due for release in early 2015 and Audi is replacing the multitronic with the s-tronic on all models.

Maybe