Interesting video comparing the cars, I’m quite saddened by the interior of the A3 with a lot of scratchy plastics and hideous vent layout.
What do the rest of you think? What car would you pick?
Interesting video comparing the cars, I’m quite saddened by the interior of the A3 with a lot of scratchy plastics and hideous vent layout.
What do the rest of you think? What car would you pick?
Best to pay no attention to Mr watson's opinion....just go with your own decision......
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On what you've seen on the video ....but to get a valid and detailed opinion one has to test drive the car itselfBasing my opinion on what I saw.
On what you've seen on the video ....but to get a valid and detailed opinion one has to test drive the car itself
Best to pay no attention to Mr watson's opinion....just go with your own decision......
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The video was really posted just to show all 4 cars in one showcase, I’m no fan of Matt Watson either. I am just curious about other people’s opinions on the new A3 and it’s competitors
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Here goes.
1 Series - The outside is growing on me and I love the inside (Although I currently have a 3 series so that figures)
A Class - The inside looks superb if your a techie. The outside, I'm not so sure about (Not a massive lover of the general Merc design Language)
A3 - The saloon still looks great (We still have S3 here) apart from the fakery Audi now employs. Although the Gash Dash ruins it completely.
Golf - Don't really like it inside or out and don't really see why It has a place in this line up anyway.
On the Golf and A3 front, Think I'd take a new shape well spec'd Leon instead.
Where you living bud?I am a Scot living in Canada and you are correct that FWD is great for snow, but with cars of more than 150BHP that is where AWD and 4WD shine, no wheel spin in rain/snow or torque pull on the steering to the right or left. No doubt about it though, RWD is the driver's way to go, as long as you know it's limitations, especially in snow.
1 series is now FWD or Xdrive and if you lived in scotland you wouldnt appreciate rear wheel drive 7 months of the year...Why dont all car manufacturers make all vehicles in rear wheel drive?
I think they are safer and more suitable for the UK Climate.
FWD is good when I was driving in canada in the snow, but dont see the point of the FWD in the UK.
I think this is BMW big selling point even for a basic 1 series.
Changeable 4 wheel drive is the way to go, BMW are pushing that forward with the new 5 series etc which is impressive. In the UK the vast majority of people wouldn’t want a car that’s just RWD. A lot of the time it’s either raining or damp on the roads and in the winter our road network struggles to cope with ice and snow, especially where I live in a rural county.Why dont all car manufacturers make all vehicles in rear wheel drive?
I think they are safer and more suitable for the UK Climate.
FWD is good when I was driving in canada in the snow, but dont see the point of the FWD in the UK.
I think this is BMW big selling point even for a basic 1 series.
Where you living bud?
I'm from Alberta, land of - 40 winters lol
Did live in BC for a while, climate like the UK near vancouver.
You are spot on...Vancouver B.C. The winter weather is almost parallel to Inverness, except when it snows, we get a real dump. Tyres become the factor for winter driving and I use high performance all season Conti DWS-06. They are not available in the UK and it is great in moderate snow up to 3-4" and almost as good as the Pirelli P Zero in the wet and dry. I use to go to business in Alberta and driving in the snow there was a breeze, because the drivers are used to those conditions, unlike newbies with summer tyres, as we get in Vancouver.
Why dont all car manufacturers make all vehicles in rear wheel drive?
I think they are safer and more suitable for the UK Climate.
Changeable 4 wheel drive is the way to go, BMW are pushing that forward with the new 5 series etc which is impressive. In the UK the vast majority of people wouldn’t want a car that’s just RWD. A lot of the time it’s either raining or damp on the roads and in the winter our road network struggles to cope with ice and snow, especially where I live in a rural county.
I know a few people with high powered M Cars and a lot of the time they openly admit they can’t utilise 100% of their cars potential due to being RWD, sure they drive better but point to point they aren’t as fast as something that’s 4 wheel drive.
save some money and go M340i, that thing is FAST!Id be tempted with a new M4 xdrive. trouble is, they are quite heavy. that extra quarter of a tonne in weight over my (non stock) S3 would probably mean it was no quicker (or possibly even a little slower)
RWD scares me
i do not have the skill required to drive a RWD car fast. I used to be terrified of my old 3 series. A FWD car is much easier to hoon around on a back road as you know the limit, RWD i had no idea what it was going to do next.
It's only in the wet that rwd is an issue.
save some money and go M340i, that thing is FAST!