Audi unveiled the new 2021 A3 Sportback back in March of this year, but seeing as the sedan is the only A3 model currently on sale in Canada, we had very little reason to get excited about the new compact luxury hatch. We now have reason to get excited about the new A3, however, as Audi has just pulled the wraps off the sedan version, which should

Munich – The Audi A3, a classy hatchback based on the Volkswagen Golf platform, came into the world in 1996. It went through a third-generation reboot for the 2012 model year, and in 2013, a sedan version was introduced at the New York Auto Show, primarily for the hatch-averse American market. For 2017, this premium compact gets a mid-cycle makeove

Vehicle Type Tidy handling, a simple-to-use cabin and interfaces, good build quality, a solid ride, and pleasing steering. Compact luxury sedan History/Description The so-called 8V generation of the compact Audi A3 hit Canadian roads in 2014 as a 2015 model, and has now been on the scene for over four years. An entry model,

We spent three months in Audi’s new compact luxury sedan, the A3 , in order to see if it would revolutionize the small luxury segment. We took delivery in June with just a little over 1,000 km on the odometer and racked up 8,000 km driving it all over the GTA and on a family road trip out to Quebec City. Here are all the highlights. See all

Irony. It’s the first word that comes to mind when approaching this plug-in hybrid (PHEV). Not long after VAG’s (Volkswagen Group) ivory tower came crumbling down in a dark cloud of diesel soot, the Audi division launched the clean-as-a-whistle PHEV version of the popular new A3 in North America. With its first mass production plug-in, Audi s

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by Jonathan Yarkony, photos by Jeff Wilson and Jonathan Yarkony With every generation, cars get bigger, opening up new segments (or at least new badges) at the smaller end of the vehicle scale. While various brands have maintained a presence in the truly compact luxury segment, the models have often been coupes and hatchbacks on the fringes of

A variety of efficiency-minded Audi plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models will debut in the coming months. The German luxury automaker will launch new PHEV variants of the Q8 and Q3 crossovers as well as the A3 compact sedan later this year or in early 2021 – though none have been confirmed for the Canadian market. While Audi did not confirm these m

Volkswagen has reached an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding 482,000 diesel models that used a special software program to comply with emissions standards during testing, while running 'dirty' in normal operation, emitting more particulates and pollution than permissible according to US emissions laws. The exact s

After four years of the current generation, Audi recently showed the facelifted A3 and S3. What they didn't show was the best one: the RS3. Well now it looks like we'll be getting the one that got away. The RS3, in sedan form. Car and Driver is reporting that they have a reliable source telling them that we'll be getting the RS3 sometime next year,

So wraps up my trio of Audi fast cars. First we had the S4 sedan in the deep of winter. Then we turned the volume up to RS and revisited the RS 5 Coupe , which continues to impress despite its age relative to segment newcomers. And now we take a long, hard look at the S3, the most affordable and accessible of the Audi’s sporty line. The S3

SALALAH, Oman – The grass is always greener on the other side. North American fans of high-performance hatchbacks have had to sit back and watch their fellow motorists overseas enjoy Audi’s hottest hatch – the RS3 – while the best we could hope for from the Volkswagen-Audi Group was a Golf R . The Vee-dub is a formidable consolation prize, but

This was the car I wasn’t supposed to review. It was just straight bonus. Why this isn’t in Canadian showrooms right now is a tragedy of supply, demand bitch-slapping us like the invisible hand of denial. The Audi RS3 hatchback. The forbidden fruit of the forbidden fruit we sampled on our most recent European excursion . Why this is

There is a revolution happening in the automotive kingdom, all thanks to fanatical environmentalists and apathetic Millennials conspiring to eliminate motoring for the sake of enjoyment. This era of increasingly stringent restrictions for fuel consumption, emissions and safety faced by the automakers threatens to squeeze the will to live from those

The average transaction price of a new vehicle in June of this year was $39,075, according to the autoTRADER.ca Price Index, so we understand if folks looking for a new car on a smaller budget feel a bit priced out of the market right now. Worry not, car shoppers, because we’re compiling lists of every vehicle on sale in Canada for under $35,000