New details about the next-generation Audi A3 are available thanks to the guys at Auto, Motor und Sport. This model is scheduled to enter the market somewhere next year.
The new A3 has been previewed with the e-Tronconcept at the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this year, and according to the German magazine from which we know all this, the production version of the car will receive many features presented on the A3 e-Tron concept.
A three-door A3 and a Cabriolet version are two of the four different variants in wwhich the Audi A3is most likely to come, both models getting a wheelbase of 2,59 meters and a length of 4,26 meters.
A five-door Sportback and a four-door sedan are the other two versions, which will both benefit from larger wheelbase of 2,63 meters and a length of 4,44 meters.
As far as the engines are concerned, the 2012 Audi A3 is expected receive a new 1.4-liter petrol engine able to develop 138 horsepower along a three-cylinder diesel unit and also a model using natural gas. The 1.4-liter petrol engine will get the cylinder deactivation technology able to shut down two cylinders in certain conditions which will result in a better fuel economy.
New details about the next-generation Audi A3 are available thanks to the guys at Auto, Motor und Sport. This model is scheduled to enter the market somewhere next year. The new A3 has been previewed with the e-Tronconcept at the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this year, and according to the German magazine from which we know all this, the production version of the car will receive many features presented on the A3 e-Tron concept. A three-door A3 and a Cabriolet version are two of the four different variants in wwhich the Audi A3is most likely to come, both models getting a wheelbase of 2,59 meters and a length of 4,26 meters. A five-door Sportback and a four-door sedan are the other two versions, which will both benefit from larger wheelbase of 2,63 meters and a length of 4,44 meters.
As far as the engines are concerned, the 2012 Audi A3 is expected receive a new 1.4-liter petrol engine able to develop 138 horsepower along a three-cylinder diesel unit and also a model using natural gas. The 1.4-liter petrol engine will get the cylinder deactivation technology able to shut down two cylinders in certain conditions which will result in a better fuel economy.
Source: AutoMotorBlog
