New Audi A3 Available To Order Now

Published Date: 25th Sep 2020

The all-new Audi A3 Sportback and Saloon is available to order right now. The new A3 will feature a mild hybrid engine for the time and a significant interior makeover, while new exterior styling is more subtle.

New Audi A3 Exterior

Exterior styling is subtle, down the sides there are some more distinctive ‘sculpted’ lines, there is a new hexagonal grille and new front LED lights (higher grade models get rear LED lights).

New Audi A3 Interior Makeover

Inside the new Audi A3 is where you will notice the biggest changes.  The centrepiece of the dashboard is a new 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment (standard on all models) with Android Auto/Apple CarPlay support and Navigation.

The new infotainment screen is positioned and tilted nicely towards the driver and it complements a new 10.25 digital driver ‘virtual cockpit’ display (standard on all models). If you really want to push the boat out, you can upgrade to the ‘Virtual Cockpit Plus’ 12.3-inch digital display (standard on top grade Edition 1 models).

As you’d expect from an Audi the interior looks and feels classy, materials and build quality is for the most part excellent and there’s a new leather multi-function steering wheel too.

New Audi A3 Trim Line-up

The entry-level A3 Technik is fairly-well stacked with 16-inch alloy wheels, LED headlights, electrically adjustable, heated and folding door mirrors and air con. The new 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system with navigation/3D maps and Android Auto/Apple CarPlay support is standard. You also get the impressive 10.25-inch ‘Virtual Cockpit’ digital driver display (can be upgraded to 12.3-inch as an optional extra).

Driver aids include cruise control, rear parking sensor, hills start assist and pre sense front with pedestrian and cyclist recognition, pre sense is a front radar system that gives audio warnings and can automatically apply the brakes on detection of a potential collision ahead.

The new Audi A3 Sport trim adds to the entry-level model with larger 17-inch alloy wheels, dual zone climate control and part leather interior. Unique exterior sports styling includes front grille with titanium black and chrome surround, matt black and silver side inlets, silver front spoiler blade and rear diffuser and grille in matt black. The interior also gets some nice touches of aluminium trim.

You also get Audi’s ‘Drive Select’ which can change the vehicle’s handling and responsiveness on demand with the touch of a button, modes include with ‘Comfort’, ‘Auto’, ‘Dynamic’, ‘Efficiency’ and  ‘Individual’, the latter you can set up to your specific requirements.

The Audi A3 S-Line trim adds to the Sport model with 18-inch alloy wheels, rear LED lights, privacy glass, front sports seats, LED interior ambient lighting and dynamic sports suspension.

The top of the range Edition 1 trim gets the larger 12.3-inch ‘Virtual Cockpit Plus’ digital driver display as standard, 19-inch alloy wheels, Alcantara interior, a flat bottomed sports steering wheel,  heated and electrically adjustable front seats (with memory function for drivers seat).

New Audi A3 Engine Line-up

The engine line-up includes a 1.5-litre 148bhp petrol badged as TFSI and a 2.0-litre TDI diesel available as 114bhp or 148bhp power outputs.  The 114bhp diesel is paired with a 6-speed manual gearbox while the more powerful 148bhp models get a 7-speed automatic.

There should also be a more frugal 1.0 litre TFSI earmarked for release at a later date.

The much anticipated 1.5 litre 148bhp petrol engine with mild hybrid technology will also be released later. The power train uses deceleration and brake regeneration technology to ‘recycle’ energy and feed it to a 48v battery.

The staggered roll-out will include at a later date a new sporty S3 model paired with a 2.0-litre petrol engine (300bhp) and a new RS3 paired with a very punchy 2.5-litre petrol engine that will provide in excess of 400bhp.

Further down the line there are plans for a new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) option.