Audi A3 News

Audi is the first automaker to offer the new 4G LTE high-speed broadband standard in its cars, offering it as an option on the S3 Sportback currently sold overseas and due in showrooms early next year as a 2015 model. By November, Audi expects to offer the 4G LTE in more models including the rest...

Audi is spending serious bucks to get production up and going on a slate of new models. The German automaker just sold $1.6 billion in bonds to get the funds it needs to get rolling, and one of the future stars should be the 2015 A3 sedan. Audi is betting big on this new compact four-door, and it...

Though Audi’s new A3 Sedan range isn’t set for a formal debut until the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show next month, the German automaker privately unveiled the cars to a few select media, including us, on the eve of the 2013 New York Auto Show. Unfortunately, the launch of the new A3 in the...

With the A4 now considerably larger than it used to be, there's space for a new compact sedan in Audi's lineup. And that's the all-new 2015 Audi A3 Sedan, which has been revealed today in regular A3 and sporty S3 trim. Ahead of its official world debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show on April 19...

Audi is launching its own online video channel, Audi Media TV, and to help kick off the launch the automaker will be giving us a sneak peek at a brand new model. That sneak peek will take place via the new video channel at 7:01 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 26, which incidentally is the eve of the...

The latest generation of the Audi A3 was revealed a year ago and so far has proven a sales hit in Europe, thanks mostly to its fuel-efficient MQB platform and tasteful styling. However, the car is still not on sale in the U.S. Audi is waiting until the arrival of a brand new A3 Sedan due later this...

Audi may have given up on plans to launch an R8 e-tron supercar, but the brand with the four rings hasn’t completely given up on electrified cars just yet, revealing today its 2014 A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid ahead of the car’s debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on March 5. The plug-in...

We already have a pretty good idea as to what the new 2014 Audi A3 Sedan will look like, thanks to the reveal of a string of concept versions over the past year as well as the overseas launch of the car’s hatchback cousins. Now, however, we have our second look at the production A3 Sedan...

German automakers seem to have two absolute rules: there is no such this as “too complex,” and Americans don’t buy hatchbacks. We can’t comment on the first point, but as for the second, well, that means we miss out on some of the best compact cars Germany has to offer. Case...

At the recent 2012 Paris Auto Show Audi took the wraps off its new A3 Sportback, the five-door version of the A3 three-door hatch we saw debut earlier in the year. So far neither of these models has been confirmed for the U.S. as Audi is waiting until the reveal of a new A3 sedan at...

It still isn’t coming to the U.S., at least in this generation, but a few hundred buyers in the UK will be able to drop their hard-earned on an Audi RS 3 Sportback even though production of the car officially came to an end last year. Demand for the car was so strong that Audi decided to...

Audi’s latest-generation A3 has already been revealed in three-door hatchback form and is just starting sales in Europe, though this particular variant is unlikely to be offered in the U.S. Instead, Americans will get a stylish new sedan version of the A3, a car that has already been...

We caught our first glimpse of the 2013 Audi A3 when images leaked onto the internet last month, but the model finally made its official debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The new A3 is instantly recognisable as an Audi - the deep, confident grille, LED-equipped lights and clean lines from nose...

Audi is unveiling its redesigned A3 at this week's Geneva Motor Show, but it's opted to release images ahead of the car's debut

A small fleet of all-electric A3 e-tron prototypes will soon be driving across some major U.S. cities, with Audi announcing this week its latest e-tron pilot program. Audi made the announcement yesterday at the TED2012 conference in Long Beach, California, where the automaker was presenting its...

Following the reveal of its new 2013 A3’s interior at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Audi has announced its presence at this year’s CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. Audi will present its new A3, just days after the car makes its official world debut at the 2012 Geneva...

Proving yet again the growing importance of in car electronics, Audi has unveiled the interior of its next-generation A3 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. Though the new A3 isn’t set for a debut until March’s Geneva Motor Show, before going on sale towards...

Audi has pushed back the arrival of its next-generation A3 by one year as it tackles the development of several other models such as the recently facelifted A4 and A5 ranges. Originally slated to arrive at the end of this year, the next A3 will now hit the market around the end of next year as a...

Audi's RS3 Sportback blends practicality with performance better than almost any other car on the market, and rumor has it that an even faster version may be in the works.

At the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show last month Audi showed off three new models powered by its latest twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, which will eventually power models from Bentley and perhaps elsewhere. One of the standout features of the new engine, which is debuting in the new 2012 Audi S8, S7...