Audi A3 News
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The 2017 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron will get the same updates as the rest of the 2017 A3 lineup.
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What Audi says it learned from 4 years of electric-car testing
Audi recently concluded a four-year public trial of plug-in cars.
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Updated Audi A3 debuts with new engine, tweaked styling
It seems like the current-generation Audi A3 went on sale only yesterday but we already have our first look at the car’s mid-cycle update. That’s because the current A3 went on sale overseas back in 2012, only appearing in the United States two years later. The updates are significant...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Green Car Reports 2016 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2016 Audi A3 e-Tron
We were impressed by our first drive of the U.S.-spec 2016 Audi A3 e-Tron Sportback, enough so that it's the first of five nominees for our Green Car Reports 2016 Best Car To Buy award. The compact hatchback is powered by a 150-horsepower 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine combined with a...
John Voelcker -
2016 Audi A3 e-Tron Sportback: First Drive Of Audi's Plug-In Hybrid
The 2016 Audi A3 e-tron Sportback is the German luxury brand's first plug-in vehicle to go on sale in North America--and by all indications, the company is serious about making it a success. That goal clearly has nothing to do with the VW Group diesel-emission scandal that has engulfed Audi's A3...
John Voelcker -
Five Convertibles With High Gas Mileage: Enjoying Summer Efficiently
Here are five fuel-efficient convertibles.
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The 2016 Audi A3 e-tron will arrive at U.S. dealers in October.
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2016 Audi A3 e-Tron Plug-In Hybrid: U.S. Arrival Now October
The 2016 Audi A3 e-tron will arrive in the U.S. this October, a new report says.
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2015 Audi A3 TDI Diesel: Fuel Economy Review
The 2015 Audi A3 is the first all-new version of the compact luxury car since it was launched in the U.S. as a 2006 model. And there are a lot of changes. Most noticeable is its evolution from a five-door hatchback to a four-door sedan, facing it off neatly against the Mercedes-Benz CLA (also a...
John Voelcker -
2015 Audi A3 TDI Diesel: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee
The first of our five nominees for Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Audi A3 TDI, the diesel version of Audi's new compact luxury sedan. All-new this year, as are most of its competitors, the TDI diesel version will be the highest-efficiency A3 model until the e-tron...
John Voelcker -
Which Car Should Be Named Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2015? (Poll)
New-car ratings, driving impressions, and a lot of lengthy discussions go into picking our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy award winner each year. We explained our process yesterday, along with all of our nominees for the 2015 award, but this year we thought we'd add a new element. DON'T MISS...
John Voelcker -
Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy: The Nominees (Video)
It's time once more for our annual Best Car To Buy award. It's the fifth time we've chosen the one car or lineup, newly introduced for this model year, that represents the best new green car to enter the market. To qualify, a car must be all-new or substantially updated from the previous model...
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While gasoline power units have seen incremental improvements over the last few decades, diesels seem to have shot up from relative obscurity straight to the big time. Sales still lag their gasoline counterparts but performance, refinement and driveability are all more than competitive, and economy can be a long way ahead. That's as much the case with luxury sedans like the Audi A3 and A6 TDI, BMW 328d and 535d, and the Mercedes-Benz E250 Bluetec, as it is the Jetta TDIs and Cruze diesels that prop up the bottom of the market. Each offers modest horsepower for the class, but torque is often...
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2016 Audi A3 e-tron: First Drive
Plug-in hybrids like the 2016 Audi A3 e-tron—especially those with well-tuned responses and zippy performance—are the evangelists that have the best chance of converting the masses to the joys of all-electric motoring. Yes, electric-car fans, please set aside your all-the-way-or-nothing...
Bengt Halvorson -
Audi A3 e-Tron Plug-In Hybrid: Not A Compliance Car, Exec Says
Two years ago, we described the difference between high-volume electric cars and "compliance cars"--those built in very limited numbers solely to meet California rules that require a certain number of zero-emission vehicles to be sold each year. Now it appears that manufacturers don't want new...
John Voelcker -
2015 Audi A3 Sportback e-Tron Plug-In Hybrid On Sale This Winter--In Germany
Audi has promised plug-in models for some time, and towards the end of this year its first production plug-in will finally arrive. The 2015 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron will hit European roads in winter 2014, priced at 37,900 Euros. That's around $51,500 at current exchange rates, or similarly priced...
Antony Ingram -
2015 Audi A3 TDI Diesel Luxury Sedan Priced From $32,600
While gasoline versions of the all-new 2015 Audi A3 compact luxury sedan went on sale in April, the model line also includes a TDI diesel version as well as an S3 performance sedan and an A3 Cabrio convertible. Those models will go on sale late this summer, and now pricing has been released for the...
John Voelcker -
Audi A3 TDI Sportback Unveiled At NY Show, To Join Sedan Model Next Year: Live Photos
Audi will debut its new A3 Sportback TDI at today's New York Auto Show. The four-door hatchback will join the A3 sedan TDI in the summer of 2015, as a sportier option for those wanting Audi's compelling mix of luxury and economy. Sportback models have been on sale in Europe for several years now...
Antony Ingram -
A decade ago, the concept of a sporting or luxurious sedan with a diesel engine was virtually unthinkable in the U.S. They had neither the refinement, nor the performance to be a viable alternative to a larger, multi-cylinder gasoline engine. All that is changing. And one of the ones helping to change it is the 2015 Audi A3 Sedan, available with the Volkswagen group's latest TDI diesel unit later this year. We're yet to see what kind of mileage figures the car will return, but The Car Connection's early drive in a brace of gasoline A3 sedans suggests it'll be both fun and frugal. The upcoming...
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Audi A3 e-tron Option: Carbon-Free Recharging (In Germany)
One advantage to plug-in electric cars is that they can operate with no carbon footprint if the electricity used to recharge them is generated from renewable sources. Burning liquid fuels, on the other hand, will always generate carbon emissions. Now Audi is offering a way for German buyers of its...
John Voelcker -
2015 Audi A3 Sedan Priced From $29,900
Audi has announced pricing for the first two variants of its all-new 2015 A3 sedan, on sale soon. With the base engine, a 1.8-liter, four-cylinder turbocharged unit badged TFSI, you'll pay $29,900--while the more powerful 2.0 TFSI, also a turbocharged gasoline model, begins at $32,900. To each of...
Antony Ingram -
2015 Audi A3 Sedan Priced From $29,900
Audi has announced pricing for its 2015 A3 Sedan, a new compact sedan entry into a market currently occupied by the Mercedes-Benz CLA. Not unsurprisingly, buyers will pay the same for the new A3 as they would for its Mercedes rival. At $29,900, the A3 sedan matches the CLA precisely at the entry...
Antony Ingram -
Lexus CT 200h Compact Hybrid Faces New Mercedes, Audi Competitors
As luxury brands expand their efforts to sell more fuel-efficient cars, Lexus will join Audi and Mercedes-Benz in offering a range of compact models in years to come. Reports say that the Lexus CT compact hybrid hatchback will likely be offered in a variety of body styles--including a four-door...
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Audi R8 e-Tron Not Completely Dead Yet, Suggests Official
Yes, Audi earlier this year did say that it won't be building its electric supercar, the R8 e-tron. But the plug might not have been pulled completely. According to Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, the member of the Audi AG board of management in charge of technical development, the R8 e-tron was an...
Bengt Halvorson