Audi A3 Sedan (Parallel Imported)

At depre of lesser than a civic turbo, the build quality wasn't skimped. This was my first conti car, and I went with the 1.0L just to try, but man was I sold on the DSG/S-Tronic/DCT. Even as a 1.0 car with only 118, easily overtakes most drivers on the road when you want to. Move off has abit of turbo lag around 1 second, once it spools up the almost instant torque of 180-200nm comes in at less than 2k rpm, and as it is a relatively small and light car, it feels alot faster than it is. The lack of power only becomes apparent when you are speeding up from 50-100, again for a heavy foot like mine. Probably only feel like that once every few days, those moments where you just needed that bit more going out into the highway. But for most, it wouldnt even be a problem. Then the road tax of less than 400 a year.... And for my driving pattern, I clock in avg 13-14 KMPL. If I drive relax (which the nimbleness of the car usually doesn't let me drive relax) and highway from east to north, I most of the time even reach 17-18 KMPL. Very good balance of comfort and stiffness in the suspension NVH also very decent. I recently move on from the car only to get a bigger leg space (passat) for fetching clients and family. But 1.5 years with it, I have no regrets getting it as an introductory to Conti.... Read More

I have now owned the car for the last 8 months and have found the car to be: 1) Nippy for the 1.0TFSI. You can feel the acceleration for a tiny engine which is impressive. 2) Styling - as the wife drives the car most of the time she feels that the car looks really nice. We considered the Altis / Mazda 3 / Civic before stumbling upon the A3 and finally decided on the A3 as it was only $3-4K more expensive for similar trimmed Jap cars. 3) Fuel efficiency - I would have expected it to be more fuel-efficient for a 1.0TFSI but seems to fairly equivalent to my other cars. I think the wife is quite heavy-footed. Overall a fairly good bread and butter car.... Read More