Audi A3, the revolution of Ingolstadt from below News

The dimensions change slightly, a matter of a few inches in both length and width, just to give a bit more space to the passengers. But the rest of the fourth generation of the Audi A3 has a lot of new to tell. Starting from an image that is more angular, more bad if we want to, and inside, beyond the black panel, was born under the sign of connectivity. Here the tap not an easy task, in the form of a re-raise with respect to what has already been done by the cousin Volkswagen, Golf 8, with which it shares a basic architecture. And then next with the new platform of infotainment, with the services of interconnection with the other cars in the Car-to-X, and wanting to as well with the availability of the service the voice of Alexa by Amazon. After that, to add a touch of environmental compatibility, in the cockpit, we find the coverings of synthetic material obtained from the recycling of bottles (they serve 45 for each seat).

But the real strength of the compact of Ingolstadt lies in the breadth of offering. Agree, here there is the pure electric (the family of e-tron follows a path part), but for the rest there is all that is available today. True that the launch, scheduled for the second half of the year, will be available only of the engines the classic, four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines with power ranging from 116, or 150 hp. But then the family is set to expand from the side with the small three-cylinder engine only 1000 cc, on the other, with the inevitable versions of sports, for a maximum power that can touch the 245 Hp. And, above all, to complete the package, there will be the g-tron, with the methane fuel, the mild hybrid with a starter generator, 48 Volt, and, to close, the plug-in hybrid. All seasoned with the inevitable versions Four, and three different types of trim. A nice work to do in short, in the seat configuration of the model.

Introduced with the only bodywork Sportback (then will follow the classic three volumes, however, no influence on our market) as usual, the Audi A3 is confronted with rivals, the Bmw 1 Series and Mercedes A-Class, for their part, recently renovated and updated in the offer: also in the microcosm of the premium compact will be the battle open.

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