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Anybody stepping out of the comparatively minimalist cabin of the earlier A3 and into this new one shall be in for a shock, albeit principally a nice one. There’s a wider number of supplies and a dashboard that’s, to a level, break up in two, with a extra driver-focused design.
Audi acknowledges that this era of A3 has been criticised since its 2020 launch for the match and end of its cabin design, and the precedence for its mid-life replace was to provide the cabin a high quality and charisma enhance. So there at the moment are illuminated door panels (30 colors out there), redesigned air vents with elective chrome surrounds, a smaller gear selector and a raft of latest upmarket supplies and color schemes.
Plus, the infotainment runs the most recent era of Audi’s software program – giving entry to in-built apps, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, 5G information connectivity and varied paid-for capabilities on demand – and the usual gear listing has been prolonged to incorporate a wi-fi cellphone charger, ambient lighting strips, and luxury air-con.
The touchscreen – properly built-in and unobtrusive – has crisp graphics and swift processing speeds, with its menus laid out sensibly, and easy accessibility to the capabilities you’ll need to use on the transfer.
However it’s removed from all-powerful, with the A3 retaining a wholesome smattering of bodily toggles, switches and buttons throughout the dashboard, console and flat-bottomed steering wheel – every sensibly positioned and with a satisfying tactility about it.
Prime marks too for the ADAS integration: you solely have to press one bodily button to convey up the digital driver aids, so turning off the velocity restrict and lane retaining bongs is the work of 5 seconds and does not distract you any greater than it completely must.
As in different smaller fashions within the Audi vary, there isn’t a secondary touchscreen for the local weather management settings. As a substitute, there’s a small cluster within the decrease part of the dashboard with easy-to-reach bodily buttons that make frequent changes doable with out glancing away from the highway. That is the preferable set-up in our opinion.
Except for that, and as there was earlier than this facelift, there’s 6mm extra elbow room within the entrance than the pre-2020 automobile, and 3mm extra within the rear, because of a rise within the automobile’s width. A 7mm enhance in entrance head room and 2mm extra shoulder room are additionally welcome, if small, enhancements. The driving place is spot on too, with good ranges of steering wheel and seat adjustment.
The dimensions of the boot stays the identical as within the earlier era, at 380 litres, and this will increase to 1200 litres when the rear seats are folded ahead. PHEV fashions do with out an adjustable boot ground and do with out underfloor storage.