Born as the upscale derivative of the classless Volkswagen Golf, the Audi A3 has led a bit of a duplicitous life. Critics might call it badge engineering because deep down it's a people's car.

Three days with the Audi A3 5-door fitted with its sporty Competition trim. Discover the experience of this review, featuring ...

Hipsters rejoice: Audi has deigned to return its Audi A3 Sportback to the United States, and better yet it'll be in diesel form. Audi has announced it’ll make only 3,600 or so of this new wagon ...

Arguably, the A3 Sportback's biggest disappointment sits under its hood. There, Audi fits one of three different engine options: a 148-hp turbocharged 1.5-liter engine, or a turbo-diesel 2.0-liter ...

VW and Audi have been saying their future will be electric, not diesel. Now it's damn real. Is the A3 Sportback e-tron ready for its unscheduled close-up? A satisfying answer for rattled ...

The Audi A3 Sportback transported me through the most ... Getting more than 500 miles out of 45 litres of diesel was commonplace, and to do that, you didn’t have to treat the accelerator like ...

Used Sportbacks are split 50:50 between petrol and diesel. Of the two diesel engines, the 1.6 TDI is more numerous but you’re better off with the 2.0 TDI, which is quicker and more relaxed at a ...

Undeterred, Audi has a new entrant ... might have shopped for a diesel from Germany. But it’s quite a bit more than that. For one thing, the e-tron is the only A3 hatchback currently for sale ...

The 2013 Audi A3 Sportback introduces the five-door version ... The 2013 Audi A3 range is offered internationally in a variety of diesel and petrol engines but Audi Australia can currently only ...

“Finding fault with the A3 Sportback ... off the diesel in terms of economy either. Both manage 50mpg plus in mixed driving. The range is pretty compact at the moment, but knowing Audi that ...

It is available in either Sportback (hatchback) or Saloon with the Sportback by far and away the best seller. Last year, the fourth-generation Audi A3 had a ... 35 TFSI), a diesel (two litre ...

The Audi A3 was ... even old-fashioned diesel-engined variants.The A3 remains available as a (curiously popular) compact ...