| is one of the German Automakers and Audi A3 is | | | | a five-door hatchback body which was not its intention |
| their production. Many people received it with thorough | | | | initially. |
| appreciation when it was widely released in the | | | | Second Generation A3 |
| market. It is a luxury and family car that started | | | | Second generation Audi A3 was next launched in |
| becoming immensely popular. Based on the feedback | | | | 2003 Geneva Motor Show. This car came up with |
| and the positive reception, many improvements have | | | | four-cylinder engines and three-door hatchback body |
| been done to the first generation of Audi A3 and | | | | initially. Later a two-door convertible was also |
| upgraded second version was soon released. | | | | introduced and five door Sportback model came up in |
| Volkswagen-A Class car also has similar | | | | 2004. One could clearly feel the difference with the |
| characteristics and features as both these versions of | | | | new front grille. The rear cabin space was also |
| the Audi A3. Audi A3 was actually released based on | | | | improved in this model. |
| the Volkswagen model as both come under the | | | | A new 1.4L TFSI engine was later introduced in 2007 |
| German Automakers manufacturers. Audi TT, | | | | and a new “e”-model machine was |
| Volkswagen Golf, Touran are the other similar car | | | | launched based on the Volkswagen’s |
| groups having similar properties. | | | | BlueMotion. This was a much more ecological car with |
| First Generation A3 | | | | minimum CO2 emissions. New changes were again |
| This car was the first model of the first Volkswagen | | | | made in the year 2008 where the model received a |
| group, closely resembling to the Golf model. The first | | | | new revised nose and tail styling, modified grille and |
| generation of Audi A3, in order to look sportier than the | | | | even the ‘trademark’ daytime running |
| Golf, was initially started with a three-door hatch back | | | | lights. |
| body, in both the two-wheel and four-wheel drive. | | | | Today, the tuning of the Audi A3 has become quite |
| Transversely mounted engines with inline four-cylinder | | | | simple. The engines of this small but luxurious car are |
| configuration were designed for the cars in this | | | | built using powerful 1.9TDI (105 hp) and the 2.0 TDI (140 |
| generation model. This Audi generation car was the | | | | hp) engines. Five different types of gas engines can |
| second to use the five valves per cylinder, after the | | | | be chosen starting from 106 (102 hp) up to the 3.2 liter |
| release of Audi A4. | | | | Quattro with 250 hp (184 kW). Acceleration and torque |
| Many major changes and upgrades were done to this | | | | have been improved with the release of such versions |
| car later on in 1999. Powerful 1.8 Turbo rated 180 PS | | | | and these generation cars also have tremendous fuel |
| engine was introduced later. But due to the customer | | | | economy. A very small amount of tuning is required to |
| and the market demand, it had to again come up with | | | | make the Audi A3 one’s very own. |