CAR's full review of the brand new 2024 Audi A3 – based on the VW Golf 8 it might be, but it beats that car in many areas
with each update. When the latest, fourth-generation A3 arrived in 2020, it exuded a slightly sportier flare with more aggressive styling, but the envelope never seems to get pushed very far with each return to the drawing board. After more than five million units sold, it’s been updated again for 2024, with a new look, a revisited interior and even more tech included in the package.
The LED headlights have been sharpened, while the daytime running light signatures within the headlights are also now customisable, with four options for owners to choose from. Nothing like making your car feel like your own, right? New wheel alloy designs are on offer along with a couple of new paint colours, but that’s about it.
A 30 variation of the TFSI engine is expected to launch later this year for both the Sportback and Saloon body styles. A 45 TFSI is also due this year, though just for the sportback. Look a little closer, though, and the updates become apparent. Sitting in the revised car itself, not only do they promote a heightened sense of modernity in the cabin but they establish it as the sleeker and more attractive of the two.
Turn-in is crisp and immediate, the performance flatters you into thinking you’re in something with more than 148bhp, and the ride quality – for so long a A3 shortcoming – is actually very good. Playing a little more through the bends, it soon becomes evident how much traction the A3 Sportback has out of tight corners; torque delivery is elastic and punchy, but it never overwhelms the front wheels.
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