Audi A3 spy shots

Is this a joke?

Surely, this is a bit too close to the outgoing model. The interior and materials are being updated, but what about the dated design? I hope the ride is significantly better.

By Mike_the_Trike on 18 August, 2011, 8:37am

Larger version of A1

Apart from the lights i cant really tell what is strikingly new about this car? Surely Audi should have been a little brave and designed something that stands out from the very crowded sector? It's a little too boring and their family these is also getting stale. This car looks like a bigger version of the A1. The A1 looks very smart though in that sector.

By f1moh on 18 August, 2011, 9:12am

Am I missing something

Is this demo car not covered in plastic to hide the new shape and style so that it looks like the old model? It is going to look like a bigger A1

By ricmcl on 18 August, 2011, 10:45am

Yawn

Looks like an Audi - scale to desired size and give appropriate number, then squash the roof a bit if it's a sports model or hold by the roof and give it a good shake if it's a soft-roader.

By fleabane on 18 August, 2011, 11:32am

Same old.same old.

I can never understand why Audi update their models.
They've all looked the same for over Twenty years.

By toycollector on 18 August, 2011, 12:44pm

A1 Maginified

Is it just me or does the side on profile look like an A1 looked at through an magnifying glass?

By jduffy1988 on 18 August, 2011, 8:45pm

Hullo?? Whom has their blinkers on? Just went and looked at the A1, and this very taped over car looks nothing like it. The A1 was lauded, here anyway, as big news for supermini fans when it landed at the top of the heap in that class, so all you spotters who think this new A3 is no more than an A1 clone on steroids, are by dint admitting to its classy new looks. Well check a write-up on the A1 if you doubt me. Making a decision with only 75% of all the clues is fraught with the possibility you could be wrong. Wait till the wraps, or in this case tape, comes off. Audi must have worked some magic to save that much weight, but you can be sure about one thing.......it will be bigger than the outgoing model. I've found it both curious and puzzling, for many years now, that cars just never seem to be the right size. The obscene extremity of that being car makers seeing how many seats they could jamb in a land bruiser/bulldozer. A few gongs to give out there. This new car will look different to the old. If that's better or worse, who's to say. Bet they sell lots, as they deserve to do.

By barina47 on 20 August, 2011, 7:23am

Boring...boring...Zzzzzzzzz...

Another half-arsed 'face lift' by over-rated Audi (you only have to see the average scores for the previous A3 to work that one out).

Bet they do sell lots though not because they deserve to, simply because buyers are fooled by the premium badge.

More nondescript blobs in the sea of over-priced, poverty-spec low-end BMW and Audi repmobiles.

Wheezy small-block oil burner? Check
Painted grey or silver? Check
Stuck to the bumper of the car in front? Check

Lovely stuff.

By consulgt on 23 August, 2011, 12:46pm

Boring...boring...Zzzzzzzzz...

Another half-arsed 'face lift' by over-rated Audi (you only have to see the average scores for the previous A3 to work that one out).

Bet they do sell lots though not because they deserve to, simply because buyers are fooled by the premium badge.

More nondescript blobs in the sea of over-priced, poverty-spec low-end BMW and Audi repmobiles.

Wheezy small-block oil burner? Check
Painted grey or silver? Check
Stuck to the bumper of the car in front? Check

Lovely stuff.

By consulgt on 23 August, 2011, 12:56pm

same story

I bet the new Golf will look much better. Keep your money for that! it will also cost you much less!
This is the same old A3.

By kirra1 on 6 October, 2011, 8:59am

Boring boring

Same old same old same old....The same old sheep will buy them cos its an audi....drives me insane, Am sure its not rubbish because every car today produced is reliable, If a manufacturer is offering 5 or 7 years unlimited mileage surely they have weighed up the risks. Makes over priced german wagons look what they are over priced. sod the residuals because most cars are purchased as rep mobiles. Keep boosting the german economy you blind sheep.

By monarch17 on 27 January, 2012, 1:37pm