Better Value Than a Luxury SUV! (Audi A3 Sedan 2023 review) 

Or an always available option.

Can someone elaborate on this?

@@recursion. it's so common to get ur tyre punctured in Australian roads

@@recursion. can be 100s of kilometres to a tyre repair shop,if out of the city.

I kind of appreciate the fact it’s in flat red too.

Yea never crazy about the red on a A3 sedan (except on the S3!)

...including the driver?

@@bleukreuz thats a good pun i’ll give you that.

Torsion beam rear suspension, though, and the cheaper MQB-A0 platform derivative. Hence why it’s $10K less!

@@chasingcars Good enough for the Polo GTI. The result is what counts, not the approach.

…Yes, and the outcome is that the Fabia is, as expected, rougher, noisier and less adept at handling mid-corner bumps than the A3…precisely what you’d expect of a vehicle from the segment below with a more rudimentary suspension and a less sophisticated platform. Not an apples to apples comparison. If you want to save money, buy a cheaper car is a good rule, but the Fabia isn’t an A3 with a different badge. Quite different cars underneath.

@@chasingcars OK, maybe I was drawing a long bow, but 10k buys a lot of arrows :-). Perhaps the A1 35 is a fairer comparison - same engine, same gearbox, *same torsion beam rear*, but less room, less features, less warranty, for about 5k more. Some of us just need to be a bit smarter with our spending, eh. Either way - Audi or Skoda - they're both better drives than most of their Asian competitors around the same price points, no?

as I remarked in the video, it’s the Chasing Cars test track

@@chasingcars thx Tom. I missed that comment. All good 👍. I enjoy your style of presentation BTW.

The Mazda 3 has soft touch plastics in the rear for 20k less.

the current gen Mazda 3 actually doesn’t have soft touch rear plastics, but the Hyundai i30 does

​@@chasingcars I politely disagree as a current Mazda 3 owner

@@givvia6782 maybe he’s talking about base model versions as per this Audi

Is that rellay that important thou?

Maybe again in future.

pretty quiet

Great question. Comparo needed.

@Gordon Clark I agree somewhat, but my Honda Civic Hatch I purchased in late 2013 only has a space saving tyre. So perhaps you better get used to it and don't hold your breath, else you may never buy another new car. That's the way they are going (and have been for years and years).

Very few options thou.....agree spare is needed.

You can fold the rear seats. You just need to do it from inside the car - there aren’t levers to do it from inside the boot.

Ha ha, true!

The A4 is more expensive to run with an average MPG of 45.6 as opposed to 51.4. Also this A3 is newer and more updated than a used A4.

Yeah? I’m curious if you don’t mind elaborating?

From someone who didn’t study law lol

ACL applies under the following circumstances: Vehicles that were purchased after the 1st of January, 2011 Any type of product or service under $40,000 Any type of product of service over $40,000 as long as it is for personal, domestic or household purposes. Vehicles that were purchased before the 1st of January, 2011 Any type of product or service purchased before the new ACL was implemented is covered by statutory implied conditions and warranties under the Trade Practices Act 1974 and state and territory legislation in force before 1 January 2011. In terms of coverage, the ACL gives consumers guarantees that protect them against unacceptable quality under the heading of major and minor failures during and after the manufacturer warranty period. Unacceptable quality is subject to a test to determine whether a reasonable consumer would consider the quality of their product or service to be durable, safe, free from defects and/or fit for purpose, amongst others. The test then aims to determine whether the unacceptable quality event is a major or minor failure of the product of service. There are certain exclusions to this quality test, which are further outlined in the ACCC guidelines attached below. If the failure is considered to be a major issue, the consumer is entitled to reject the motor vehicle and request a refund or equivalent replacement vehicle, or keep the vehicle and request compensation commensurate with the decline in value. A minor failure on the other hand carries different obligations and guarantees for the consumer. Initially, the consumer cannot ask for a refund or replacement for a minor issue, but the vendor is entitled to fix the problem within a reasonable time as long as the failure didn’t occur due to abnormal use.

My experience is that the consumer law does not work, I had a issues and ultimately nsw fair trading gave the manufacturer the last say as , and of course the manufacturer said no ! No enforcement

different

Lower level interior, even though it looks better

A3, Leon or Octavia makes more sense at the moment.

Understated comment

Most people would not care in the real world, it just a boot..a lot of people buy a car they like to drive or like the design, not for boot space,

@@daweigo6851 You're single aren't you? The married guy with kids will always consider the trunk

That what the car is ha ha, what were you expecting it to be?

What expectations did you have of an A3 aha clearly you’re not the target market, but for the target market this is a perfect car

4 people 1000 miles ski trip, no problem.

It is definitely a small car it’s peppy good driving dynamics if your not trying to wring it’s neck but because I got big babies It’s not practical for me maybe in a few years when my mid life crisis kicks in I’ll trade in the bike for the s3 or rs3

@@daweigo6851 I was referring to his comment in the video of "room enough for 4 adults". There's not.