Overview
As the littlest vehicle in Audi's U.S. setup, the A3 is entrusted with permeating a smaller four-entryway bundle with a top notch feel and upscale substance, and it generally succeeds. It wears the brand's familial styling language well, offers decent degrees of execution and dealing with, and incorporates some vital security and tech things as standard hardware. Audi's pervasive 201-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter four-chamber and seven-speed double grip programmed is the sole powertrain; the quattro all-wheel-drive framework is discretionary. The cozy lodge offers a splendid driving position and the computerized check group and infotainment screen are brilliant and intelligible. However it's situated against section level extravagance models, including the Acura Integra and the BMW 2-series Gran Roadster, it likewise counts the Audi S3, its marginally more expensive and fundamentally more remarkable and execution centered kin, as a superb contender.
What's happening for 2024?
Upgraded in 2022, the Audi A3 gets negligible updates for 2024. The Dark Optic bundle gets another 18-inch wheel plan, and the accessible HomeLink tech (accessible as a component of the Comfort bundle, it controls carport entryways, doors, and lights in your house) is currently coordinated into the rearview reflect.
Pricing and Which One to Buy
The cost of the 2024 Audi A3 begins at $36,495 and goes up to $40,095 relying upon the trim and choices.
The Superior trim sees no cost increment for 2024, and the Exceptional In addition to creeps up by a meager $200. That is sufficiently not to deflect us from suggesting the Superior In addition to show, as the additional highlights offer an extraordinary profit from the unobtrusive cost increment. Included are versatile voyage control, path keeping help, memory seat and mirror settings for the driver, a remote cell phone charging cushion, and uninvolved keyless passage. Adding Quattro AWD to the two models is a $2000 upcharge.
Motor, Transmission, and Execution
A3 purchasers will not waste any time discussing which powertrain to pick, as the 201-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter four-chamber with a 48-volt cross breed framework and seven-speed double grasp programmed transmission is the sole decision. Front-wheel drive is standard and all-wheel drive is discretionary. However it's down around 17 horses and about a portion of a-second more slow to sixty mph contrasted with the 228-strength 2020 A3, it more than compensates for it with fast reactions helped by every one of the 221 foot-pounds of force detailing for obligation at a low 1600 rpm. The suspension stays energetic and receptive enough to make driving engaging, and it conveys a lovely ride over most surfaces — however you won't confuse it with a certified game vehicle. Those searching for uplifted execution and quicker reflexes are urged to consider the 308-pull S3, which shaves almost 2 seconds off the A3's 6.0-second 60-mph time.
Fuel Economy and Real-World MPG
The 2024 A3 acquires a noteworthy 29 mpg city and 38 mpg interstate efficiency gauges from the EPA; all-wheel drive models are appraised for 28 mpg city and 36 mpg parkway. In our grasp, notwithstanding, the all-wheel drive A3 really beat its true EPA number, returning a strong 40 mpg on C/D's75-mph parkway efficiency test course. For more data about the A3's mileage, visit the EPA's site.
Interior, Comfort, and Cargo
The inside of the 2024 A3 endeavors to mix arising tech and infotainment with customary European vehicle components with blended results. The seating position is brilliant, the accessible game seats highlight sewed seating surfaces and false calfskin managing, and a line of sewing on the scramble adds a dash of visual allure. Tragically, those endeavors are balanced by the crazy shift "flipper," a multi-capability sound control and sections of land of hard plastic. Solace for the driver and traveler is adequate, yet assuming that you're searching for imaginative or extensive capacity arrangements, you'll be frustrated. All things considered, the A3's 10.9 cubic feet of trunk space is enough for a typical supermarket pull or an end of the week of gear.
Infotainment and Connectivity
Both A3's element a computerized instrument bunch; a 10.3-inch show is standard yet can be moved up to a bigger 12.3-inch unit as a component of the Innovation bundle on the Exceptional In addition to manage. Selecting the Tech bundle additionally carries route and empowers the capacity to show the route map in the focal point of the instrument bunch. It likewise adds traffic-sign acknowledgment, a Bang and Olufsun sound framework, and a half year of Audi Interface Besides, 4G LTE wi-fi network. Benevolently, the A3 does without the fresh out of the plastic new's double screen arrangement that makes environment controls and vehicle driving-mode switches a computerized issue. Then again, the vehicle's single-screen arrangement precludes the new Audi application store that supports administrations like Spotify, Amazon Music, and such. It's accessible on the remainder of the setup, so tech-subordinate purchasers might wish to think about the A4 or different models.
Safety and Driver-Assistance Features
Driver-help innovation is highlighted vigorously on the new A3, with fundamentals including programmed crisis slowing down, forward impact advance notice, path takeoff cautioning, and programmed high-radiates remembered for all models. Vulnerable side checking, back cross-traffic ready, back crisis slowing down, front and back stopping sensors, and park help are accessible. For more data about the A3's accident test results, visit the Public Roadway Traffic Security Organization (NHTSA) and Protection Foundation for Expressway Wellbeing (IIHS) sites. Key security highlights include:
Standard computerized crisis slowing down with passerby identification
Standard path takeoff cautioning
Accessible versatile journey control
