Audi A3 Test Drive Review

Save the best for the last, that’s what the Audi believes in. Why do we say that because unlike Mercedes and BMW, they won’t in a hurry to launch the A Class and 1 Series rival here in India, The A3 in it’s Hatch back Form. What they have done is waited for the A3 Sedan version and brought that to India, because that some thing they believe is what Indian customer wanted. How good it is, let’s find out.

Well the A3 is really looks like a mini A4 Actually and it really looks very stylish and sophisticated from all angles. Well this is the advantage that the A3 has over the Mercedes A Class and BMW 1 Series. This Huge boot, well as you can see it’s a nice deep boot, there is little bit of a loading lip but I guess it will be quite ok to load your luggage in this. Again a great Idea when you really want to travel out of town with your family. Well now I am inside the A3 rear seats, and as you can see leg room is just about adequate, it’s nothing great. Well the seat them selves are very comfortable, they have got good cushioning and bull string which means when you step out of the cabin, you will be very refreshed and not tired at all after that long journey. You also get these nice air conditioning vents at the back but unfortunately this is really a two seater at back because this tall transmission tunnel means who ever sits in this middle seat will have a very difficult and uncomfortable time.

Well now we are inside the front seats of the Audi A3 and this is really a good place to be. Cabin quality is absolutely first rate. Well look at these nice circular ac vents which gives you a cockpit like feel, this car also gets an S-Tronic gear box and there is also a touch pad over here to feed in data and every thing really does work well and the quality is absolutely first rate. The instrumentation is brilliant and the gauges really do look sharp. Overall a great place to be and full marks to Audi on the interior trim and quality. Well there are lot of feel good factors that Audi have put in to this A3 and one of them is of course, is this pop up screen, it comes out from the middle of the dashboard every time you start the car, you can of course hide it as well by the touch of a button it you think it becoming irritating on that highway trip. But over all lot of feel good factors, great quality levels and you will enjoy spending time in the A3 when you are stuck in the city traffic or even when you are out on the highway.

So here we are inside driving the A3’s Diesel version now and I must say I am very impress with over all with the car, the 6 speed S-Tronic gear box is delight to use, the engine is supremely refined and its very quick. Its very responsive engine and it really does respond to throttle inputs in one go, its one of the best engine that the Audi family has. Well the car is very stable even when you do speeds of around 130 plus and it really does have that Audi characteristics about it. It’s very stable at high speed. Well the steering on the Audi A3 is very nice, its light enough in the city and once you on the highway, it really does behave nicely. Giving a good feedback and good drive inputs as well, and this car really does love to be push in to the corners because it’s very agile, the chassis is very agile and really is one of the most sportier car in the Audi line up. Well if you want to lay in the entry luxury car and you want to buy something different from that the Accord or the Camry, well then this is the car to go for, it really is a great product overall and we really count things of any negatives to talk about. Overall a great job done by Audi and really it has been worth a buy.