A full set of official photos of the upcoming generation of Audi's A3 hatchback were spilled onto the web today affording us our best look at the new compact car before it heads over to the Geneva Motor Show for its world premiere.
These pictures reveal the three-door hatchback variant, though Audi is planning to expand the range with the five-door Sportback, a two-door convertible and for the first time ever, a four-door saloon based on last year's A3 sedan concept.
On the outside, despite having a slightly more aggressive front boasting Audi's new family face with the six-point grille and "angrier" headlamps, the new A3 could easily be mistaken for a facelifted version of the current model.
However, this is not the case as the Audi A3 is the first production model in the VW Group to use the company's brand-new Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) vehicle architecture, which will underpin most new VW Group cars including the Golf Mk7.
We expect the A3 to get a fresh line of engines that should include the VW Group's new 1.4-liter TSI with cylinder deactivation technology straight from launch.
As for the interior, the A3 sports a very clean and stylish layout with minimal use of buttons.
Though we remain short on official details, at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Audi told us that among the many features introduced in the new A3 is an electromechanical parking brake and the next generation of Audi's MMI infotainment system, with the controls for both systems located on the center tunnel console.
We'll try to get more information on the A3 so stay tuned on Carscoop.
Hat tip to Bruno Miguel P. S. Rodrigues for the find!
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33 Comments:
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Indeed it looks like a facelifted version of the previous A3. And the interior looks a little bland...
Show me the sedan! You know, the only A3 we can buy here!
I love it !! Much better than a BMW 1-Series
Wait to see the A-Class...
yawn
Bread Van
The back seats look kinda uncomfortable to me :/
Not a fan of moving LCD screens in a car or the round AC vents ...
I'm not big on hatches, but I would sport this! I like the reduction of buttons, and blander interior. It just looks clean.
looks too similar to previous model and the interior is a little "naked" and bland...
however, i am very interested how the sedan version will look.
Leaked? I'm pretty sure I've seen that on the roads for a good few years now.
That is not a bland interior. That is a beautifully designed interior. You probably love chrome right? Chrome everywhere!!
They do sell the hatchback in the States. Just not the 3 door.
YES...... Because you drive from the back seats......
Why is clean bland? You contradicted yourself here.
Some of you with your "bland interior" comments just blow me away. That is not a bland interior. That is a beautifully designed and planned interior. Perfect.
It's everyone wants a freakin' clown parade inside the cabin. Or a huge amount of chrome everywhere. Give me a break. Learn some taste.
Why do Audi fanbois insist on equating boring, dark, dull and bland with classy?
Your right! LOL. Let's just call it clean then.
"Learn some taste"......these goofs will learn taste when you learn that everyone is entitled to an opinion even if it denies all reason and is outragiously aweful.
MUCH better tail lights than the sad downturned ones found on the A4 and A7.
People do sit there you know.
This interior is sublime!
It escapes me how anyone could appreciate those alien VS predator style, shiny black plastic dashboards, with tacky typefaces on fords and hyundais over this.
Looks like an Alfa Romeo. Just wanna be.
Looks the same as the previous model. Much ado about nothing really - audi (as good as they are) are almost designed to send you to sleep.. Boring looking cars, they should come supplied with a Cardigan so you look the part driving it. Camry's are almost more exciting looking than this!.
Wow, what happened to interior? They still not done with it, or? It looks to me like they've have to done this over night or something ... I believe in simple beauty , but this interior is far from it,
Lazy done!
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not enough chrome on this car
Am I supposed to be excited? I knew how it was going to look all along, because I had seen other Audi models before. Like someone said, just a facelift to keep the aging A3 in line with the new range.
I thought it was polo or somethin....
from the rear i.e..
Boring.
vanilla
Absolutely stunning, Audi never seizes to amaze me. However, what really tickles my fancy is the electric A3.
Thanks a lot for the images, I think the interior looks good! Clean and simple!
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