These renderings of the future Audi A3 show the 2012 model which will debut a few months before the new Volkswagen Golf 7. The two new cars from the VAG group will share about 70 percent of the same components, from the so-called MQB platform. The new Audi Q3 compact SUV in turn will anticipate the A3 and its new components in a model which will debut in 2011.
The third generation A3 will be availale in a three-door coupe version and a five-door Sportback version with a similar look around the doors to the Q5 and the Q7. The new Audi A3 has a planned production schedule of 200,000 units a year and with the shared Golf platform, we could see hybrid and electric versions emerge.
Standard versions of the A3 will appear with the three-cylinder, 1.2-litre TDI engine with 75 hp, which has CO2 emissions of just 89 g/km. The top of the range Audi S3 will have the 2.0-litre TFSI twin turbo with 300 hp. A new engine to appear will be the 2.0 TDI with increased power to 184 hp and the whole engine range will be Euro 6 compliant.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Q7 was too big for my wife's tastes, I talked her into driving the Q5 and for her needs, it beat out the BMW M3, Acura RDX and Mercedes GLK we drove the days before. Q5 is great, bit larger then Honda CRV, well car prices and feels it, but just drove ours from Florida to NY in all sorts of weather. Some controls take getting used to. My biggest complaint is the gas and brake pedal are a bit too close, and the front seating feel a bit tight, although I am used to my Tahoe, which in comparison is huge next to the Q5.
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