The Audi A3 Sportback: A Practical and Luxurious Vehicle

There are only two seats available for folding down in this car, but that doesn't mean it's not practical for three people. The cup holder area is there, and if you want to carry three, you can fold the seat down. However, with a wide seat like this one, it does feel high, and there's a big lump in the floor that combined with its narrow body means it's not quite as good with three in the back as a Mercedes A-Class. But with two people in the back, it's the best in its class.

Moving on to the boot, it's about average for this size of car, but it is very well thought out. There is a bit of a load lip, which isn't too big, and you do have some underfloor storage. One feature that stands out is the ability to raise the floor up if you want to reduce the load lip and when you fold the seats down. You'll also see that they completely flat, but some models have different configurations. For example, the 40/20/40 split-folding seats allow for complete flatness.

One of the features that's useful in the boot is tethering points, hooks, and storage areas. These are all very practical features that make loading and unloading the car much easier. However, one feature that's missing is a 12-volt socket. But overall, the boot is very well thought out and practical.

The Audi A3 Sportback is not just a great option for practicality, but also for its luxurious feel and handling. When it comes to driving, the A3 feels like a more luxurious car than one that's based on the Volkswagen Golf. The 1.0-liter 3-cylinder turbo petrol engine is a new addition to the range, and it's very good. However, if you can afford an extra two thousand pounds, upgrading to the 1.4 TSI engine is highly recommended.

The 2-liter diesel with 150 horsepower is also available, and it's perfect for those who do a lot of long trips. The car is punchy and efficient, with an impressive 67 miles per gallon on the combined cycle. My trip computer says 56 miles per gallon, which is still very good. However, the manual gearbox is nice and light, while the automatics are also impressive.

If you want to make sure that your Audi A3 has grip when driving, you can get it with Quattro all-wheel drive. While front-wheel drive cars may struggle for traction, this car does not. Overall, this is a really impressive car, but some minor issues do exist.

One of the major issues with the Audi A3 is its options list. If you add too many features, the cost can become astronomical. For example, this one costs £32,000, which is almost as much as an A6. But if you don't get carried away with the options, the car is a great choice.

However, there are some minor issues that need to be addressed. One of these is Dynamic Mode, which artificially makes the steering feel heavy and unresponsive. Additionally, the ride becomes less comfortable when the Sporty suspension, large wheels, and other features are added. But overall, the Audi A3 has plenty of cool features that make it a great choice for many drivers.

One feature that's absolutely gorgeous is the rear view mirror with a frame. All Audi A3s come with independent rear suspension, which provides a luxurious ride. The car also comes with emergency assist, which can automatically slow the car or hold it if you stop steering, even if you've fallen asleep or died. Other features include matrix LED headlamps that can shut off part of their beam to prevent dazzling other drivers.

Additionally, there's wireless charging for your mobile phone and a feature that can boost your signal by using the car's aerial. These are all very practical features that make the Audi A3 a great choice for many drivers. Overall, the Audi A3 Sportback is not the most exciting car in the world, but it feels like a quality product and is lovely to drive.

In terms of driving experience, the A3 is comfortable and quiet, although it may not be as much fun as the sporty version. The sports seats are not as effective at holding you in place as some other cars, but visibility is excellent, with no obvious blind spots. If you click up there, you can see for yourself by joining me for a 360-degree passenger ride video.

Finally, if you're looking to get an Audi A3 and want to know more about it, the best deal can be found at Carolo.co.uk.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the new Audi a3 Sportback there might be one new what's new about it well it's had a bit of a facelift so some fresh bumpers front and back as standard across the range you get xenon headlamps and their automatic so to the windscreen wipers and cruise control is standard across the range as well and if you get the s-line version you get rear indicators which pulse there is a price to pay for these extras though and that's an increase of 500 pounds like for like but to put that into perspective 500 quid will only get you a weekend for two in a lodge at centre parks exactly now the a3 is actually quite a good value car when you think about what you get for your money so it's very desirable start from just under 20,000 pounds but you can still save some money on that if you click up there to go to car wire coat UK to find out the best deal you can get on a new Audi a3 now on the inside the a3 but it looks a bit like business as usual so you've got a nice small easy to operate design and quality is very good most of materials perhaps the car wire flick test there are hard plastics down here but everything feels really solid now out is upgraded the car with its latest entertainment system so as standard you've got Android auto and apple carplay connectivity which is brilliant you can also get the car with Ali's excellent virtual cockpit so everything you see there is now right in front of the driver because you've got digital dials and you can cycle through the different menus I love that system now if you click up there you can get more information on that in our in-depth infotainment review maybe I'll have another look around this cars cabin and well on the whole it's quite practical in here so look door bins a huge take a big bottle and even those in the back of the car look at this they can take it as well now the a3 Sportback is slightly longer and therefore there's more room in the back then in the a3 the three-door version and look at this you've got loads of knee room loads of headroom people over 6 foot will be fine back here there's only two of you can fold this down you've got a cup holder area there but if you want to carry three while this seat is quite wide it does feel high and there's a big lump in the floor there so that combined with the fact this body is quite narrow does mean it's not quite as good with three in the back as a Mercedes a-class but with two it's the best in this class so moving on to the boot it's about average for this size of carb but it is very well thought out so there is a bit of a load lip it's not too big but you do have some underfloor storage and what you can actually do is raise this floor up if you want to to reduce that load lip and when you fold the seats down which look you can do on certain models 40/20/40 you'll see that they like completely flat but some of the features in here which are useful such as tethering points you got hooks you got storage areas they're the only things missing is a 12 volt socket but he'll let it off because otherwise this boot is very practical now if you want to see just how much stuff you can cram into this Audi a3 Sportback click up there to watch our in-depth practicality video you'll also be able to see how easy it is to fairchild seat in the car and what it's like with three people in the back so far the a3 is a really impressive car and this continues out on the road and the idea 3 may well be based on the Volkswagen Golf but because out is the pasha brand it just feels more luxurious to drive and he does everything well so it's comfy it's reasonably quiet and while it might not be as fun as the sportive it would be one series still handled and the sports seats in this s light not really do hold you in place visibility is excellent as well there's no real obvious blind spots and if you click up there you can see for yourself by joining me for a 360 degree passenger ride video you can now get the Audi a3 with an all-new 1-liter 3-cylinder turbo petrol engine and it's very good but if you can afford an extra two thousand pounds try to upgrade to the 1.4 TSI because that is hot act quick and it also gives very very good economy this is the 2-liter diesel with 150 horsepower and yeah if you do lots of Mars it's going to suit you this car it's punchy and read some economic also add says 67 miles per gallon my trip computer says 56 that's really good actually so 2 is the manual gearbox it's nice and light and the autos are impressive as well and if you want to make strip grip you get the a3 with Quattro all-wheel drive those not as though these front-wheel drive cars struggle for traction and on the whole this is a really impressive car the whole point maybe that makes it a little bit dull but not my mind so far so good then but there are some minor issues with the Audi a3 here's five of them don't get too carried away with the options otherwise the cost Samantha this one is 32,000 pounds yeah as much as an a6 don't bother putting the car into dynamic mode because then the steering gets artificially heavy chubby called Derek mode if you go for the load sporty suspension large wheels and the ride becomes less comfy and the car knows you howdy came third from bottom in the latest UK JD power dependability survey oh dear what both the manual and automatic gearboxes are great the auto can be a bit jerky at maneuvering speeds however the Audi a3 does have plenty of cool features which helps to make up for all this oh that's absolutely gorgeous I'm not talking about me I'm talking about the framers rear view mirror all Audi a3 s get independent rear suspension for a luxurious ride the emergency assist will automatically slow the cart or hold if you stop steering say if you've fallen asleep or die the optional matrix LED headlamps can shut off part of their beam to prevent dazzling other drivers without a phone box you get wireless charging for your mobile and it can even boost your signal by using the cars aerial so then over all what I think of the Audi a3 Sportback well it's not the most exciting car in the world and the options are quite expensive but it feels like a quality product and it's lovely to drive now if you click up there you can get more information find out the best deal you can get on an audi a3 at carlo co dot uk' thanks for watching if you enjoyed this video please like it share it and subscribe to our channel anything because there you can watch our detail practicality infotainment and 360-degree passive Drive videothis is the new Audi a3 Sportback there might be one new what's new about it well it's had a bit of a facelift so some fresh bumpers front and back as standard across the range you get xenon headlamps and their automatic so to the windscreen wipers and cruise control is standard across the range as well and if you get the s-line version you get rear indicators which pulse there is a price to pay for these extras though and that's an increase of 500 pounds like for like but to put that into perspective 500 quid will only get you a weekend for two in a lodge at centre parks exactly now the a3 is actually quite a good value car when you think about what you get for your money so it's very desirable start from just under 20,000 pounds but you can still save some money on that if you click up there to go to car wire coat UK to find out the best deal you can get on a new Audi a3 now on the inside the a3 but it looks a bit like business as usual so you've got a nice small easy to operate design and quality is very good most of materials perhaps the car wire flick test there are hard plastics down here but everything feels really solid now out is upgraded the car with its latest entertainment system so as standard you've got Android auto and apple carplay connectivity which is brilliant you can also get the car with Ali's excellent virtual cockpit so everything you see there is now right in front of the driver because you've got digital dials and you can cycle through the different menus I love that system now if you click up there you can get more information on that in our in-depth infotainment review maybe I'll have another look around this cars cabin and well on the whole it's quite practical in here so look door bins a huge take a big bottle and even those in the back of the car look at this they can take it as well now the a3 Sportback is slightly longer and therefore there's more room in the back then in the a3 the three-door version and look at this you've got loads of knee room loads of headroom people over 6 foot will be fine back here there's only two of you can fold this down you've got a cup holder area there but if you want to carry three while this seat is quite wide it does feel high and there's a big lump in the floor there so that combined with the fact this body is quite narrow does mean it's not quite as good with three in the back as a Mercedes a-class but with two it's the best in this class so moving on to the boot it's about average for this size of carb but it is very well thought out so there is a bit of a load lip it's not too big but you do have some underfloor storage and what you can actually do is raise this floor up if you want to to reduce that load lip and when you fold the seats down which look you can do on certain models 40/20/40 you'll see that they like completely flat but some of the features in here which are useful such as tethering points you got hooks you got storage areas they're the only things missing is a 12 volt socket but he'll let it off because otherwise this boot is very practical now if you want to see just how much stuff you can cram into this Audi a3 Sportback click up there to watch our in-depth practicality video you'll also be able to see how easy it is to fairchild seat in the car and what it's like with three people in the back so far the a3 is a really impressive car and this continues out on the road and the idea 3 may well be based on the Volkswagen Golf but because out is the pasha brand it just feels more luxurious to drive and he does everything well so it's comfy it's reasonably quiet and while it might not be as fun as the sportive it would be one series still handled and the sports seats in this s light not really do hold you in place visibility is excellent as well there's no real obvious blind spots and if you click up there you can see for yourself by joining me for a 360 degree passenger ride video you can now get the Audi a3 with an all-new 1-liter 3-cylinder turbo petrol engine and it's very good but if you can afford an extra two thousand pounds try to upgrade to the 1.4 TSI because that is hot act quick and it also gives very very good economy this is the 2-liter diesel with 150 horsepower and yeah if you do lots of Mars it's going to suit you this car it's punchy and read some economic also add says 67 miles per gallon my trip computer says 56 that's really good actually so 2 is the manual gearbox it's nice and light and the autos are impressive as well and if you want to make strip grip you get the a3 with Quattro all-wheel drive those not as though these front-wheel drive cars struggle for traction and on the whole this is a really impressive car the whole point maybe that makes it a little bit dull but not my mind so far so good then but there are some minor issues with the Audi a3 here's five of them don't get too carried away with the options otherwise the cost Samantha this one is 32,000 pounds yeah as much as an a6 don't bother putting the car into dynamic mode because then the steering gets artificially heavy chubby called Derek mode if you go for the load sporty suspension large wheels and the ride becomes less comfy and the car knows you howdy came third from bottom in the latest UK JD power dependability survey oh dear what both the manual and automatic gearboxes are great the auto can be a bit jerky at maneuvering speeds however the Audi a3 does have plenty of cool features which helps to make up for all this oh that's absolutely gorgeous I'm not talking about me I'm talking about the framers rear view mirror all Audi a3 s get independent rear suspension for a luxurious ride the emergency assist will automatically slow the cart or hold if you stop steering say if you've fallen asleep or die the optional matrix LED headlamps can shut off part of their beam to prevent dazzling other drivers without a phone box you get wireless charging for your mobile and it can even boost your signal by using the cars aerial so then over all what I think of the Audi a3 Sportback well it's not the most exciting car in the world and the options are quite expensive but it feels like a quality product and it's lovely to drive now if you click up there you can get more information find out the best deal you can get on an audi a3 at carlo co dot uk' thanks for watching if you enjoyed this video please like it share it and subscribe to our channel anything because there you can watch our detail practicality infotainment and 360-degree passive Drive video\n"