A3/S3/RS3 [Official] 2021 Audi A3 Sedan Debuts With Fresh Design, New Technology
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The Audi A3 is a small family car (C-segment) manufactured and marketed by Audi AG since September 1996. The first two generations of the Audi A3 were based on the Volkswagen Group A platform, while the third and fourth generations use the Volkswagen Group MQB platform.
Very good looking, very Lexus design. I like the WRX style widebody. And quite nice proportions for a FWD. Longitudinal V4 and RWD/AWD would make it the fun compact sedan the E46 was.
Interior is bad though, but it is not like there is any good interior todays car market anymore. Maybe Porsche and some Jaguars, which are Tesla simple but quite well executed.
Interior is bad though, but it is not like there is any good interior todays car market anymore. Maybe Porsche and some Jaguars, which are Tesla simple but quite well executed.
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Save the body (aside from the windscreen insert in the A-pillars which is identical to that of the Taycan) and interior, all that lies underneath is pretty much "Taycan" (both based on Porsches' J1 BEV platform). Exterior dimensions are said to be nearly identical as well, with variations a matter of very few millimeters. Hopefully, we'll see the undisguised production eTron GT by the end of the year as originally planned.I've seldom more eagerly awaited an automobile presentation.
Mr. Mercedes
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Love the exterior apart from the stupidly oversized dogtooth headlights. It's a stylistic refresh of what was already a perfectly proportioned FWD architecture. It's lovely. Makes the A4 appear to be even more of a dud.
Audi interiors, once an industry benchmark in style and build, just don't do anything for me anymore. This is just an ugly overly sci-fi, cold mess.
Audi interiors, once an industry benchmark in style and build, just don't do anything for me anymore. This is just an ugly overly sci-fi, cold mess.
The A Sedan rearlights look very generic.
So less chance for electric faults?
CrunchSlaughtered
RPM Ruler
Bigger R&D budget, better economy of scale. Of course any big mistake costs more in such a situation.
CrunchSlaughtered
RPM Ruler
The plastic coated to look like aluminum is a good example of this. Once incidentally I dropped the bottle with the car perfume and it poured all over the dash. The result was devastating. All the coating pilled off (the car was BMW E91). So I think that it's a good idea the warn the drivers to not disinfect the surfaces of their dashboards (the ones with coated plastic) with any kind of spirit.
martinbo
Staff member
I'm not referring to the coated surfaces though - these are never soft touch - I'm talking specifically of the dashboard and centre console moldings. These used to be soft touch, now no longer.
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
The driver air vents and trapezius shaped infotainment surround that extends to the headlight switchgear are unharmonious. It will be interesting to feel whether the huge and raised transmission tunnel is hard or soft plastic.
This segment does not appeal much to me. These cars are more expensive than their hatchback counterparts, have cramped rear headroom and small boot opening.
martinbo
Staff member
Barring the armrest, the entire centre console is clearly all hard plastic.
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
Audi, VW, Skoda and Seat sometimes have an unexpected or even confusing amount of hard or soft plastics.
The cabin of the VW T-Roc for while the Skoda Karoq is delightfully premium inside with lots of soft-touch material. A few other Skodas have less soft-touch materials in the cabin than equivalent VWs and Audis.
I do feel the new gen compact VWAG products appear less premium inside than the previous models. The Golf 8 and this new A3 have more hard brittle feel plastic on the center consoles and their air vents appear to look less harmonious and cheaper. I much prefer the previous models turbine chrome surround airvents than the plastic Lambo copy ones on the new car. This model interior goes more for a techy look than premium quality look like that in the previous model.
On the other hand, I really like the exterior of this A3 sedan, its a very handsome compact saloon
On the other hand, I really like the exterior of this A3 sedan, its a very handsome compact saloon
NarutoRamen
Kraftwagen König
How does this car's dimension fare compared to the previous version? Have they grown in size or the same? Looks a bit bigger, no? Looks almost like the size of my A4 from the 90s (B4).
CrunchSlaughtered
RPM Ruler
Should be almost the same. It's an evolution of the same platform and as far as I remember the wheelbase is the same.
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Deleted member 1071
The exterior dimensions are very close to those of the B5 Audi A4.
Centurion
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The B5 A4 was an immensely important car for Audi. With many design elements borrowed from the globally applauded series I A8 (production version of the 1993 ASF concept), it ushered the brand into a successful era highlighted by athletically elegant "Bauhausesque" design. It was-and remains-a great car. For a car having been out of production for some 20 years, they can still be frequently spotted on our roads here in Germany.
CrunchSlaughtered
RPM Ruler
And it also was a better car than the contemporary C class and maybe the E36. This was never again achieved by AUDI.
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