Images: Audi 8VA.I A3 Sportback (2013-16)
Released in May 2013, the Audi 8VA A3 Sportback was a small, five-door hatchback. Manufactured in Ingolstadt, Germany, the 8VA A3 Sportback range initially consisted of 1.4 TFSI, 1.8 TFSI, 1.6 TDI and 2.0 TDI variants. In September 2013, the range was expanded with the introduction of 1.4 TFSI CoD (Cylinder on Demand) variants and all-wheel drive 1.8 TFSI variants… Read full Audi 8VA A3 Sportback review
Images: Audi 8VA.II A3 Sportback (2016-20)
Commencing production in May 2016 and officially released in Australia in November 2016, the Audi 8VA Series II (8VA.II) A3 Sportback introduced a simplified range in which diesel engines and the A3 e-tron were no longer offered. As such, the 8VA.II A3 Sportback range consisted of the newly introduced 1.0 TFSI variant, the 1.4 TFSI CoD and two 2.0 TFSI variants, both of which had new engines. Visually, the Audi 8VA.II A3 Sportback could be identified by its wider single-frame grille with which had sharper contours, flatter headlights (bi-xenon units as standard) with jagged bottom edges and new tail-lights. Inside, there were revised air conditioning vents, while the ‘Audi virtual cockpit’ which replaced the analogue instrument dials with a 12.3-inch TFT screen was available as an extra-cost option as part of the Technik package.
