Audi A3 does not need a special view. Back in 1996, the model became an entrance ticket to the world of prestigious cars from Ingolstadt. A good chassis from "golf", militant motors, good and tastefully covered interior - not all of her trumps.
True, up to the third generation in the gamma A3 there was no sedan. For the first time it "cried" in the spring of 2013, and he reached Russia under the curtain of the same year. Traditionally popular with us three-volume body quickly came to the yard, the model earned the rank of business class in miniature and sold today better than 3- and 5-door hatchbacks combined.
However, even the minimum price for the basic 1,4-liter version of 1,036,000 rubles. For many shoppers, Golf Class cars are an irresistible barrier.
"AUTOMATING", in the role of which the "robot" protrudes with two clutches, raises this bar for another 71,000 rubles. And you won't call such a power unit. S-Tronic does not differ in the smoothness of switching, and the ride in the editors on small revolutions is sometimes disappointing.
Trumps A3.
- best time overclocking
- more maximum speed
- controller on the central tunnel
Alas, with an appropriate prestigious car leather finish, climate control and bi-xenon headlights price tag 1.8 TFSI S-Tronic takes off to 1,431,000 rubles.
Audi options are traditionally roads. At the same time, on the role of the only car in the family A3, the candidate is not the best - the sofa is cleared and not a very big trunk.
To find sedan Audi. Without these shortcomings, it is not difficult - the benefit from the company has wide choose Machines are larger.
First candidate - A4. Until recently, this car in similar equipment 1,8tfsi Multitronic cost 1,684,000 rubles. But this fall appeared the "Four" line of finishing the Comfort Line on the "delicious" price of 1,508,000 rubles.
Yes, A4 today is on a career delete, next year it will be "removed from the run." But this is the very case when age is happily not a hindrance. One and a half million per prestigious comfortable middle-class sedan with a German pedigree is a beneficial offer today and a good alternative to overestimated A3 ambitions.
Pluses A4.
- spacious sofa
- spacious trunk
- solid interior
At A3 quite successfully, it turns out to seem an adult car, but in fact it remains only "golf" with a tail, a prestigious sign and an overestimated price tag. We will have to put up with the disadvantages of a 1,4tfsi-"robot power unit", and it is better to wait for the discount on version 1,8TFSI.
"Four", although the seventh year is produced, it turns out in all respects a more harmonious machine. Comfortable sedan for every day or the only car In the family - A4 will cope well with any role and, moreover, it became almost the most profitable purchase in the premium class today.
I often see \\ I hear questions from people going to buy a car, is it worth considering A1, as an option?
I prepared short review With comparing several cars VAG, more or less close on price tag and segments.
In order not to listen to an avalanche of the forum emotions after some kind of thread of my statement, such as "not going" or "the trunk is not at all" - I will note right than I am right now \\ owned and with what, in fact, compare))
So:
1) A3 C-Tronic-7 (DQ-200) 1.2 TFSI, 50000km, 2012. Ownership from the cabin. Father's car. Personally, I drove a bit on it - thousand 5 in the off-season driving and, periodically, I ride now as a passenger.
2) Skoda Octavia. A5 DSG-7 (DQ-200, SVAP DQ-250 is preparing for PP from Yeti + Further fault with iron from scout), Dvig - 1.8Tsi, 85.000km, 2011.
All mileage is mine. Taccus externally stock, but on Full Article 2 Revo (about 240+ hp. According to rumors from the Internet and the application of manufacturers), Sports. The suspension of Bilstein B6 with Eibach -30 springs, Trendy and TD brakes - Tacker for self-realization in the field of lung Tuning and the surprise of the flow participants from the series "Now I'm running out this Peno taxi! ...... Oh, something did not work out," and the kits upstairs, as if did not try to chase)
3) Q3 2.0 TFSI QUATTRO S-TRONIC - (DQ-500 is the most reliable and trouble-free from the entire DSG family), 35.000km, release 2013. Owning from the beginning of December last 2015. This, in fact, a transference A1 - a gift for the spouses on NG (well, a gift for himself, to give the cottage on the gods on PP and the norms of cliens to ride)
4) and, in fact, the star of today's evening - Audi A1, 1.4 TFSI (S-TRONIC DQ-200), 14.000km, May 2014.In order:
1) Common reliability. About reliability A1, I have nothing to say for 14.000km - 1 then after the year + wash))
No crickets, sores of electronics and TD were not observed.
To understand the overall reliability of VAG:
Skoda and A3 to say the same, nothing. On the Skoda there was a problem with the engine even before tuning, but this is another story, rather associated with the curves, cunning ... in terms of service, poor-quality spare parts and coincidence.2) Box reliability.
From experience - everyone is terribly afraid of DSG (a s-bronic for Audi), and not at all understanding that the DSG (it is S-TRONIC) has a dozen modifications, oooochily differing in design, the principle of operation and reliability. But I hear the word DSG, automatically start taking a shit to the fan)))
I have something to say about this: if you pay attention, then on 3 of the 4 cars, I have unloved by all DQ-200 (they really are considered not the standard of reliability). So, if anyone "got" from life among these three cars is Skoda: Article 2 and almost 250 turbo-hp. With the moment of moment 0.33 tons - no joke for this box.
The result - in the OKATT of the last 50,000, I drove on the config. Article 2 and this fall I successfully changed the mechatronic + clutch (at the same time at the same time - surprisingly, could still ride a long time). Replacement warranty, free.
Moreover, it is with a Skoda "Men's" relationship - she knows that in the family she was prepared by the role of a fighter attack aircraft and she keeps a blow to 100%, gluing while only the front-wheel drive on each traffic light to the cut-off)).
So, we draw conclusions that it is not a cosmically powerful Motor A1 and the mosquito weight will live a mechatronics long summer. As for clips - they say, they are erased most due to traffic jams. Very can be. Be that as it may, the replacement within the warranty is free (on Skoda, the guarantee is exactly 5 years old, about A1 \\ A3 - you need to find out from dealers, until what kind of production on DQ-200 they had five-year plan).
Further, in the post-warrant period, the grip will cost about 30.000-40.000 rubles. "turnkey" from specialized DSG repair centers. Such a procedure will be needed somewhere in 2-3 years or 50.000-80.000 km. Although I personally know people with a 150,000+ mileage, which ride a native clutch is still the first (weak) revision of 2011. But the price tag of the repair is adequate, and the pleasure of managing DSG after the minimum adaptation is expensive.
Info about the cost and about "dinosaurs" with native clutches - from Octavia-Forum and Skoda forum.
Yes, by the way, the Father on A3 drove until 55.000 - everything stands from the factory and does not cough.
Accordingly, on A1 for 14t.km, the box about yourself was not allowed to know in any way.3) Box, Engine - Sights from the ride:
That's what you wish you - on my three cars is the same box, but with different motors. Algorithms of work boxes (and convenience, respectively), very different.For example:
Skoda: Duri at least debut! Octa rides (for a rare exception), as modern cars recent generations and similar weight on atmot motors 3.5-3.7 liters and 280-330 hp with modern boxes (cars previous generations With Motors 3.5-3.7 pass). Even if the box is mistaken or is lazy to go down \\ up in the moment you need (this is almost no happening), then everything forgives the motor with its elasticity and power! Forgets so much that manual switching I even almost do not use the tracks. Merging with the car and adaptation to each other long passed, and the foot automatically lives exactly enough so as to either stay within the transmission and accelerate on it, or jump down at 3-2 speeds and "shoot". Compared to A3 (description just below), Skoda has a gas pedal connection and the subsequent reaction of the engine is slightly more thoughtful - it is measured in hundredths of seconds and this feeling of "thoughtfulness" is felt only when transplanting from one machine to another in the "comparison mode". Perhaps this feeling does not leave me because of the intercooler installed on the Skoda from C-3 and the light turbo-pit appeared on the most noses.Audi A3 - Because of the most weak engine, the box is configured so that even a third pedal spins the engine in a calm ride mode to 4.5-5 thousand, and it turns out that the engine is constantly already in the moment shelf and continues to "pull" on any Transfer with any driving intensity. On this machine there are sensations of linear communication boxes with the engine. The disuss of this algorithm is that the illusion of a huge power reserve appears, since you are so easy to defiliate in Moscow traffic, throwing your tablet in the gap between the machines with acceleration ... In fact, after pressing the pedal in the floor almost nothing Changes - acceleration a little more than standard, the engine stupidly spins up to 6, and not up to 5 thousand pro
Audi A1 - light weight, relatively angry engine. But in traffic on traffic, the following was noticed - you go calmly half \\ two-third pedals - the box manicly reaches to higher Transfer, Almost like Oktavia. But, in contrast to Octavia, envelops the impression that the car "does not go", since the engine A1 on small revolutions is very decently weaker than the octahi and the elasticity of the engine does not allow to accelerate in the limits of increased transmission transmission. Those. The box at 60-70 km / h makes the seventh gear and travels one thousand with little revolutions. If it is necessary to accelerate a bit, it does not work, since there are eternity from such revolutions within this transmission. It is necessary to urge the pedal deeper - the box jumps down on 2-3-4 transmission and you get a familiar tour pickup. FILLES !! Cool! But a little uncomfortable ...
The utmost dynamics for this candy is quite yourself - I will compare it at least 2.0, or even 2.5 liter atmospheric, but (to be honest) slightly heavier - ACCORD TIP-C, Focuses 2.0, Lexus C250, Mondeo 2.4 and other C, C + and D-class cars with power up to 200 hp.Jumping is achieved due to the moment of the turbo engine, multiplied by the small weight of the car + rapid box.
There was only a minus for me that there is no compromise between "pour" and "crawling like a turtle." I drove on it 2 months, while the Skod changed the heart (it was the case), and I didn't get used to it to this. The mode S saves the situation by 200%, but it becomes shame in front of the engine, since in this mode the box holds the engine in the tone and is not shy to turn it to the red zone.
Q3 in comparison I do not enter - another box, powerful engine, four-wheel drive. Feelings, especially in winter, just space.
4) Comfort, Noise Isolation, Capacity
Now in the family, the palm of the championship on the average arithmetic calculation is divided by Octa and Q3.
But Q3, Octa and A1 are different segments, so we will decompose on the shelves:Comfort driving, handling, capacity:
Octa - Sport-suspension and that says it all. Its element (based on the possibilities of the engine and suspension) is the tracks of 100-150-200. She, as sticking to asphalt, ruls, does not roll and so on. Minus - all irregularities arrive at low speeds in the back. Feeling "elastic", but it reads everything to the smallest detail. With increasing speed, the energy intensity of Bilstein levels this joint.
A3 - on the suspension and roulette seems to octavia to tuning. Limit speed less, rolls more, irregularities (small) swallows more confident and less sensitive, but the middle and large pits can pierce the suspension (in Octavia stood from the factory a package of bad roads and there was no such garbage with breakdowns, but also on the small one ).
Q3 - The suspension surprises the combination of incolmeable: on the track on it you can safely go 150-160 (we are not about the engine and so on, but about confidence in the car, steering wheel, suspension) - cruising (linear) stability at height. Compared to the window (up to Tuna) and from A3 - the junction, sharp turns, and so on from the point of view of the roll, I want to pass the above, but the four-wheel drive does its job, helping to remain on the trajectory even when the seeming maximum is exceeded.
Off-road full qualities have not yet been checked, but a broken road before the cottage she "does not notice" in comparison with the rest of the car.A1 - I spoke to my wife several times: "Dear, if in A1 was the engine at least from my octo, then I would take myself a1!"
She rushes - just a song! Someone will say - sit on Porsch, minikaper or some kind of thread an ancient and light civic and feel the handle - can be right! But I now compare it with the rest of my car!
Even after the Tyun, Oktavia suspension cannot pamper the ease and maneuverability of the control, which is laid in A1 from nature! Physics will not be deceived - light weight, short and wider track, pedigree setting the chassis, a round small bagel of the cartoon (the same as in the A7 of the neighbor)! True, I am delighted with what kind of good! If there were serpentines in MSK, then on them I would ride only on A1!
100% urban suspension! Small irregularities, joints and so on passes stupidly with spanking tires or elastic shock (already on medium pits). But it is worth catching the pit more robustly, then pierce the suspension - to spit once, consider it!
The clearance is not enough, but in the Oct and that less, so even in this kapets as a snowy winter it is necessary to turn on the head before trying to attack meter drifts)).
Summary: A1 - the most predictable car in the quartet.Landing, Shumka, Comfort (options depending on options)
Octavia and A3: landing, in fact, the same one - and not a stool, and not lying. In both, the loin is regulated - I, however, I did not understand, the fuck it is necessary. That so that the case is equally))))
Shumka in A3 is noticeably better - in Octa not only saved on extra sound insulation mats, but also the body "Liftback" cuts off the salon from the trunk only by the shelf, the trunk cavity is buzzing like a subwoofer.
With the sports exhaust, the OKT has the need for additional shops, but it is for spring.OKAT's trunk is huge + Body "Liftbek" makes it very functional.
The A3 trunk is quite modest, but you can shove the suitcase on the edge.Q3 - Shumka at height. According to the venues in the boarding school - almost the best in its class! Planting a stool - I lowered the bottom of the seat and checked on the machine several times, there was no stock left to omit yet. But, as it turned out, very comfortable due to the sane ranges of adjustment of the steering column - on NG traveled for two days in Minsk, the stops were made only to refuel. There would be a tank more - at all, without stopping, everything went without problems. )
The trunk was compared with A3. It was found out that heights to the shelf at A3 it is slightly larger, but Q3 has a significantly greater depth - the suitcase clings to both sides. In a good way, even two suitcases can be stuffed (not yet tried), and if you remove the shelf, then 2 on the 2th eye.A1 - Audi breed is felt in this babe very well. Shumka, by indirect sensations, better than in A3. But, according to good, you need to take both cars and ride on the same road at the same speed, the benefit of A1 has not yet been sold (Pts wants to pick it up in February), so the experiment can still take place))
Regarding landing and so on. I am uncle not small 105 kg and 183 tall. I sit at the wheel of A1 very comfortable, but on a dalnyak (only once the cottage of 100 km) never went, so the whole experience comes down to Moscow pokatushkam. At one time, his wife had a getz, so I started away from a 15 minute driving because of an uncomfortable Ivecked Pillow of the Chair and the Correct Pedal Node. It seems to be in Oktavia, but for me for comfort you have to move away a little further from the steering column than in Okate (I love when the steering wheel hold a half-bent hand for the maximum lever in an emergency).
The inconvenience of the interior capacity was two:
a) I was pretty hard for me to sit with my own addition - it will be difficult to pull out the long train, but in the city of friends a couple of times sat down somehow from behind and endured.))
b) It is important for families with children: children's seat Standing straight behind the front passenger. So, on the front passenger seat, I climbed with difficulty - the knees in the glove box rested. Either I endured, or we treated it in two ways:
Or on weekends we dwined on my Okate - the only inconvenience was the permutation of the chair on weekends from one machine to another, and then back. Or, if it was too lazy to rearrange, I sat down behind the steering wheel, and the spouse dined nearly any problems.
At the trunk, A1 - it is simply no. Visually, if you look at the floor of the trunk, it seems that it has some kind of depth, but beveled at the corner of the back rear seats And the beveled trunk door reduce everything to the fact that the store with several packages will go out (or throw a couple of backpacks in a slight trip). But the suitcase does not shove in the trunk with any scenario - only to fold the seat. If in a family of 2 adults without children with a chair, then you can lower the rear sofa by default and have very decent scope for clothes))As for the "options" - below will be my "descriptive", but not a "recommendatory" opinion. Maybe someone will be useful.
The toughest: A1.
From amenities:
Bixenon (without auto-light),
Multiculor with control of the radio and TD,
On-board computer between tachometer and speedometer (I do not know, option is or base)
Rear parking sensors without displaying obstacles on the screen (but this thing is activated by Vasha diagnostic - it seems that the parking sensor feels an obstacle).
manually rising color screen,
The air conditioner is simple (surprisingly, logical and does not require special attention).
Heated front seats.
Sidews up and down, back-back.
Electrocorrection mirrors (but it is probably everyone).
4 pillows (not useful, Tt-T)Of all that listed, a relatively useless thing - a retractable screen. If the additional money is asked for it, and it is without a hands-time connection (for the withdrawal of the book), without MMI, without navigation, etc., the toy is quite useless. Ponty is only that he is and that he is colored. Maximum, for which without these options, it will be born - you can see the track or radio station on it.
From the Wishlist:
Auto light and rain sensor - good. Whoever spoke to, I do not touch the knob in 99% of cases, nor janitor.
Loud connection - in our life, the phone takes too much space, and taxes with the telephone in the ear is unsafe.
As an option for saving - to establish a parroid or analogues (it will be decently cheaper than the native, and it works with a bang - there is experience).
Cruise control is due to the fact that the country's trips were made on another car, here we did without it. If this machine is the only one, and the trips to the cottage \\ to other cities are inevitable, then it will add 100% comfort - I prefer to ride (with the appropriate road conditions) At the speed "Sign of restrictions + 19 free km / h." On the cruise it is carried out with one touch. On the dumplings, ride according to such a scheme in manual mode is fraught with either fines, if you "send" a gay, or a time loss, since you will go below speed. It is clear that these 5-10-20 minutes of the distances of 500 km of the role will not play, but here the psychological factor)))From half aotheroc:
Climate control for A1 is if it really has nowhere to make money (but still, it is possible to customize the temperature for two zones)
Pressure sensor in tires - saved on OKTE high speed Before the appearance of other symptoms of the sled wheel - carefully dropped and stopped on the rim, so I respect with respect. Moreover, it does not work on the sensor in the wheel, but on the reading of the ABS unit, so it is most likely it is possible to activate it programmatically and not overpay.
More adult acoustics - the regular system is very flat on sound, Niza (I'm not even about the infra bottom of the subwoofer), but simply niza is not at all. Sound pressure is low. Go and "swim" in sound on standard system It will not come out, but here it is necessary to sit everyone individually, listen to the options of acoustics and understand that it is critical and what is not.On A3 there is:
All the amenities like in A1 and all the "Wishlists" for A1 besides the speakerphone and the screen - the compromise of comfort, in my opinion, if there is no purpose to throw away the grandmother to the wind.Oktavia has everything in A3 and more:
Loud connection is a vital necessity, but at A1 I did not put it, because The spouse is pupils do not flutter on the telephone.
Extended bortovik up to the oil temperature and so on. - For the "race" in the form of Octavia, the thing is very useful, and for A1 - doubtful.
Heated the rear seats - until it pays for itself, because spouse drives in front, and child chair Do not care for heating))) But a couple of times sled in winter friends to the rear sofa - they were delighted with heating)
6 airbags - each pillow in plus goes, but 4 pieces in the database for A1 is quite enough.
Partenermen "in the circle" with graphics - Ponte from the point of view of the front parking sensor. On any of them, I can "novel" to press the front bumper to the wall at least a pack of cigarettes, and in OKTE - the box of matches flat sideways)).
Touch screen magnetol, 12 + 1 speakers - all the factory and sounds well. Touch itself - Ponte. During the ride you drive it through the steering wheel. Finger in the screen only on parking poke. For avid audiophiles, unambiguously, even such a system is not the limit, but the standard user will be delighted.On Q3 there is everything on A3, as well as:
Speakerphone.
The same empty screen, as on A1 (and then he carries some semantic load of some options)
6 airbags
Leather Salon - With children up to 3 years old, a vital necessity, but for the money that the skin is behind the official, it is better to buy on the side of the covers of the remaining difference to go to Thailand with his family for a week-other))
Incinual access - a fairy tale with a child. On the cold works, as already wrote, 19 times out of 20. On 20 times the inflamed and get a specially profound key. But now I can start the car, close it outside with one touch and go with a calm soul to the store for cigarettes, for example.
In Q-3, a pile of all sorts of little things is a set of diode lighting, all sorts of Mirko-clutter
But there is no cruise !! (I decide this question now).
Music is worse than in Octavia, but decent A1.A brief conclusion - the review turned out not so much about A1, how much about all cars right away, but I'm finished
The first cars of Audi A3 were born back in 1996. At that time, the car fell to many car enthusiasts and won their hearts. In 2003, "Tryshka" was greatly transformed, thereby giving a impetus to new ideas and to enter the light of the second generation of Audi A3. I have already recently, or rather in 2012 on geneva Motor Show The third model appeared. Also in Switzerland, Audi A3 was shown in a three-door hatche, and after a while in Paris a car appeared in a five-door body version. We will try to see this legendary car more thoroughly.
The design of the car has become even more sporty. Audi A3 2014 was noticeably raging, acquired a pleasant aggression. Now it can be easily noticed in a dense car stream, it gives it a brave character and characteristic of Audi stylistic features. The current exterior, of course, is very different from previous models. For example, LED lighting and wheel disks Give the car an unusual charm premium class, thereby bringing the exterior of the car to perfection. The contours of the body became smooth, due to which the aerodynamic characteristics increased, the speaker improved, the fuel consumption decreased.
In the new third generation, developers have made a kind of highlight. Due to the introduction of high-strength steel and the hood from solid aluminum managed to reduce the mass of the car at times.
The interior of the car has become much spacious. I would like to mention the rear row, which is lowered by 10 millimeters, the back of the seats received a completely different shape and a larger angle of inclination for a more comfortable ride. The internal cabin appearance Audi has become much cutest, inside you can see new three-dimensional inserts on the front panel and on the doors. In versions, this chip is replaced with textured plastic with 3D filling, and in expensive versions there are treated aluminum high Quality. The luggage compartment of Audi A3 is a third-generation sedan quite volumetric and accommodates low-length 425 liters of payload, Hatchback has a capacity of 365 liters, and a 380 liter sportsBe
Audi A3 in Russia will be equipped with the following aggregates:
1. Schedule-cylinder gasoline with turbocharged 1.4 l, power 122 hp, with 7-speed S-Tronic robot.
2. Four-cylinder unit, volume is 1.8 liters, 180 horses under the hood
The gasoline motor has a seven-speed robot on board, but already with double grip.
In the near future, the turbodiesel installation is planned, in two liters of volume and incapacular space in 143 horses. The Russian audience also expects a sedan with a 6-speed mechanical box and all-wheel drive version with a 1.8 liter engine. Everything power plants were significantly reworked and reconfigured in a new way to increase efficiency. Thus, the consumption of fuel at the sedan is approximately 5-6.6 liters per hundred, the SportsBek flow does not exceed 5.2-5.6 liters.
The third generation of Audia3 meets the most demanding safety requirements. The car received all five stars when passing crash tests. Tests were conducted according to EUROnCAP standards. As a result - 95% adult safety, 86% -Active securityThe protection of a child in the cabin is 87%, and finally, a less protected pedestrian, which causing under the wheels of the car, was estimated at 74%.
As for prices, the hatchback with the front-wheel drive can be purchased from 1050 thousand rubles, and the staffed all-wheel drive A3 with automatic transmission will cost about 1,20 thousand rubles, the Sports will cost cheaper - 850 thousand rubles, A3 in the body of the sedan is offered from 870 thousand rubles. The minimum price for the diesel model will exceed 1 150 thousand rubles.
Large German Troika - Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz
These brands are so popular that the name only talks about the road, prestigious car With modern technical filling. This also applies to our Audi A3 and its main competitors: BMW 1 series and Mercedes-Benz A-Class. For several years, these models have been compete, trying to conquer the hearts of the mass, and who really deserves it?
As for appearance, it is unambiguous to say who is better here or worse. But Mercedes seems the most interesting, his appearance did not have time to take it away. At the very least, some consider some. Although others are confident that it is most similar to the BMW 1 series, especially if you look at the side. BMW with his characteristic face causes, of course, contradictory emotions, but still will remain in memory for a long time. But Audi as always faithfully the old traditions: with verified proportions and laconic parts.
Finding inside, you can see significant differences. Mercedes A-class looks stiffery of other models: comfortable steering wheel, sports chairs, stylish dashboard. But it turns out that this is only an illusion. You begin to use it all and understand that there are many shortcomings and flaws in the cabin: graphics, backlight, air conditioning control, visibility, non-informative tidy, etc. In the Audi A3 salon, quality, collens and sophistication, and the materials are much better. Dashboard Easy in comparison with Mercedes, but read well. BMW is distinguished by the lowest landing and overly a chubby steering wheel, the atmosphere of the drive reigns throughout the salon. The interior is characterized by functionality without unnecessary design rims. The Mercedes salon is very spacious, and there is enough of an audio place, which cannot be said about BMW - there is quite closely close.
At BMW too tight steering wheel, with small deviations to it a lot of complaints and in a pair with a non-ideal box with an automatic, the situation is aggravated. But on the other hand, experts say that this is a gambling machine - excellent option For active drivers, and the usual automatic machine is much better than modern CPP of competitors.
Mercedes has excellent engines, excellent handling and maneuverability and a clear steering wheel, but the suspension is not very successful, and the machine is slightly slow. Noise isolation also leaves much to be desired. As for the dynamics, here Audi A3 becomes a clear leader - more lively and conspiracing. Powerful engines And the quick response of the gearbox makes their job. "Unit" is not so lightning and sharp, but acceleration is also at the level.
Start prices are not too different. For A3, they will ask 850 thousand rubles, for the Mercedes A-Class - about 880 thousand rubles, well, the BMW on the most modest standards will cost 800 thousand rubles.
The main argument of Mercedes is a pretty and bright design, but the smoothness of the stroke, ergonomics and noise insulation of it weak sides. BMW or A3 - Here to choose the leader harder. A unit for those who love drive, emotional ride with pleasure, and convenience and daily use can be moved to 2 plan. A3, on the contrary, more practical and universal, without unnecessary sparks. Each model is good in its own way, choose by itself, because, as they say, there is no taste and color of comrades.
20.09.2016
Audi A3 - satisfies several requests of modern motorists at once, first, this is a prestigious brand, secondly, the car has a fairly popular, in our time, body, three- and five-door hatchback. And if you add a stylish and pleasant design to these advantages, it turns out a very interesting option for urban traffic. This car is ideal for those drivers who are not just a class of golf class, but you want a rich equipment and high-quality interior decoration materials. It is worth noting that the cars of premium brands, often require the corresponding investments. What will be expected to be expected if you still decide to become the Lord of the Rings, but at the same time, by the budget, while pulling only on a used car, now we will try to figure out.
A little story.
The history of the Audi A3 model begins in 1997, three generations have changed since then. Today we will talk about the second generation, which was submitted to the public in 2003. The car is built on one platform with "" fifth generation, but has its own constructive features - more rigid steel body, new multi-type rear suspension and a little big wheel base (2570 mm). In May 2004, sales of the five-door version called " Sportback", Which has become longer by 68 mm than three-door, and the entire increase in length went to an increase in the luggage compartment. Moreover, A3.Sportback Received a modified front part in a new corporate style, with a radiator grille in the form of a chrome trapezium. In 2005, the manufacturer made small changes in the three-door version of Audi A3. The front part was unified with Sportback, new three- and four-speaking steering wheels from Audi A4 appeared, and the suspension became more comfortable.
In 2008, another restyling was held, after which the car has gained a more sporty and modern design, and in front and rear lights started installing LED elements; Also changed the front and rear bumper. Aluminum inserts appeared in the interior, and the color range of instruments panels has been changed. To improve controllability and comfort, Audi A3 equipped the system for adjusting the stiffness of shock absorbers " Magnetic Ride."With its help, the driver can choose the mode of operation of the suspension - from a comfortable to sports. In 2008, Audi has expanded the line of compact cars by releasing A3 Cabriole, which was built on the basis of a three-door hatchback. The third generation was submitted to the public in 2012.
Features and disadvantages of Audi A3 with mileage.
Body Audi A3 is well galvanized and rust will not appear on it even after many years of operation, provided that the car did not participate in an accident. And if you see a car with minor traces of corrosion, then it is better to give up from the purchase of such a car. If you are considering a dorestayling version for yourself, most likely on secondary market You will meet the car from Europe - when choosing such a car, be extremely attentive, since there are simply space for such machines.
Traditionally, for european cars, Audi A3 has a great choice power aggregates. But if you look at the sentences this car On the secondary market, you will see that the most common motors, it is to restaling 1.6 (102 hp), after - restyling 1.6 (115 hp), as well as 1.4 (125 hp). If the car's dynamics are not in the first place for you, I recommend you to pay attention to machines with 1.6 engines. The fact is that it is quite reliable atmospheric motors, with a timing belt drive, the replacement of which is required once between 90,000 km. Also, the reliability is not very bad two-liter 150-strong atmospheric motorThe truth was put this power unit only until 2007. But turbo engine 1.4 Despite the fact that it has very good indicators in the dynamics and consumption of fuel, it is not the best fame, due to the unreliable tensioner metal chain Timing. If you are already owner of a car with such a motor, then be extremely attentive and listen to sounds from under the hood when the motor starts - if new rattling sounds appeared, you will need to urgently contact the service. Also try to change the oil before it is written in the regulations (once in 8 - 10 thousand km).
Further, in prevalence, the power units of 1.8 (160 hp) and a two-liter turbo engine (200 hp) are followed. In principle, this is not bad engines, their main disadvantage is increased flow Oils, and with an increase in the mileage increases their appetite (in cars with mileage of more than 200,000 km, consumption cheap Oil can exceed 500 ml per 1000 km). There are cars and turbodiesel engines 1.9 and 2.0 liters, both power units are not bad in dynamics and reliability. Machines with such motors are a big rarity on the secondary market, and if you managed to find a good and decent option, then all you need to do is to fill high-quality oil and diesel fuel.
During this time this model, there were a pair of charged force aggregates - it is 3.2 (250 hp) and 2.0 (265 hp). On the secondary market of cars with such motor units and better avoid them, since there is a high probability that on such a car previous owner It was not rarely lit. 
The second generation of Audi A3 has a sufficiently large number of available gearboxes - mechanics, automatic transmission, robotic six and seven-step S-Tronic. The most unreliable, among all transmissions, turned out to be a robotic S-Tronic. So the six-speed transmission with two wet clutches can please the mileage of 120,000 km, and properly operation - up to 150000 km. But the seven-step lives many times less, and already on run 50,000 km, with a long movement in traffic jams, it begins to twitch. As a result, you will need to reflash the control unit and change the clutch, and this pleasure is not cheap ( at least this repairs will cost 1000 USD.). Also hit the pocket and replacement of mechatronics (chronic sore of all robotic transmissions), for its replacement will have to lay out about 2000 cuAnd these are not dealership prices, the official repairs will cost much more expensive.
Therefore, choosing Audi A3 with mileage, prefer versions with a manual gearbox and automatic transmission, as both transmissions are very reliable and rarely deliver the hassle owners. The clutch on the mechanics is causing 120 - 150 thousand km. In order for the automatic transmission to faith and truth to serve 300,000 km, change the oil in it every 60,000 km. All-wheel drive versions are also found. System full drive, in this case, implemented with the help of a well-known and reliable coupling " Haldex».
WORK QUALITY Audi A3 with mileage.
Audi A3 is very pleasant in management, therefore, in combination with powerful engineThis machine can combine the role of a family hatchback and cars to meet Driver Ambitions. The design of the suspension is not complicated, but not quite simple - the McPherson suspension is installed in front, and behind the multi-dimensional design. Large attachments in the Audi A3 suspension will have to make every 100,000 km of run, and in small things will need to change the bushings and stabilizer racks every 35 - 50 thousand km and brake pads Once every 40,000 mileage kilometers. The resource of shock absorbers does not exceed 100,000 km. Weak place rear suspension Silent blocks are considered, on average they are 80,000 km. The car is equipped with a power steering, this node has proven itself quite reliable and with a gentle operation will not disturb 120-150 thousand km.
Outcome:
The car with four rings little leaves the indifferent, and if you decide to buy such a car, you can safely say that it right choice. The car has much more advantages than flaws. One of the advantages of Audi A3 is that here spare parts are interchangeable with Volkswagen and Skoda cars, which traditionally cost cheaper than original spare parts Audi
Advantages:
- Build quality.
- Galvanized body.
- Large resource of power units.
- Small fuel consumption.
- Reliable mechanical and automatic transmission.
- High-level manageability and safety.
- The quality of materials and noise insulation of the cabin.
Disadvantages:
- Robotic transmission.
- Little ground clearance.
- Motors are demanding of the quality of fuel.
If you are or were the owner of this car brand, please share your experience, indicating the strengths and weaknesses of the car. Perhaps it is your feedback that will help others correctly. .
Year of issue: 2015
Engine:1.4 (125 l. P.) PPC: M6.
Long, stubbornly and tediously chose a car with his wife for her. After a few dozen quantities, scandals and pairs of broken plates, the choice narrowed to two cars. Specifically - Audi A1 and Audi A3. The spouse is a big car for nothing. She is before working, yes, a child in the garden to carry. True, I had mercenary views on this car, because for the plugs is small, the yurt car is that the doctor prescribed. In general, we stopped at A1.
The choice in favor of this crumb tutulka was made after the test drive. That I, that the spouse just fell in love with her. Threes with the appearance of A1 and small, but by nature and opportunities, she will give a bite for many "adults" to the collections. They took on the "handle" specifically, the wife did not want to forget the skills. Suddenly someday it will come in handy?
So, now about the car itself. Driving, which is surprising, comfortable even to me (height 188 cm, and we have more than 100 kg). Nothing and it does not give anything, the ceiling does not polish. Chairs are a bit stiff, it is understandable, because the car is still sharpened for the sport. But the "sidushka" clasped as it should be, so they don't hang out in turns, like a pencil in a glass.
Again, what is amazing. Although the motor is only 1,4-liters, and the "horses" 125, A1 is very sharp and smart machine. On the track you can safely accelerate to 170 km / h and you will feel that the car can also add. In the urban cycle, respectively, there are no problems at all. If necessary - I will overtake, if you need it - Vleu. Well, with parking due to compact sizes there is no tension.
Continue a portion of surprise. Most of all I was struck by the suspension. It is amazing, as if it was expensive for Russia (and maybe it is?). In addition, the relatively small weight of the car makes it easy and even playing to slip such pits that larger cars overcome with caution. In general, A1 on the rouution and maneuverability reminded me of Karting. Everything is clear, quickly and adequate. Like and pleasant gravity steering. Headlights shine well, even at night in heavy rain everything is wonderful.
Now a little about what I did not like. I will start with the quality of the material of the cabin. Plastic on the front panel still did not go, then everything else (and this is: the sheathing of doors, tunnel, sealing gum, etc.) very mediocre quality. It seems to me that even the Chinese are better. By the way, the doors themselves are very thin and slim, which causes a certain anxiety and thought: "What will happen to the lateral collision?"
Another problem is a bad visibility, which is quite logical, given the modest area of \u200b\u200bglazing cars. Therefore, the camera is not just a useful thing, and sometimes necessary.
Do not please and consumption. In the city, I rarely get less than 11 liters, although the driver I do not say that very aggressive. The wife is laid in the "dozen". But I still believe that it is too much.
Advantages Audi A1:
Appearance, convenient landing driving, dynamics, control, suspension, headlights.
Disadvantages of Audi A1:
Finishing materials, slipping doors, visibility, fuel consumption, clearance.
