The Audi A3 Sportback price in Singapore this month is S$149,999 (USD$118,300). The A3 Sedan price is S$153,999. A difference of S$4000 for the conventional boot. The price of CAT A COE in March is $76,999.
The A4 sedan will cost S$173,999, a difference of $24,000 as compared to A3 sportback.
After driving the A3 sportback for more than 3 months, I find that it is an efficiency car, with a petrol consumption of 13.8 km/litre with the start/stop function turns off. I always turn off the start/stop function and it is quite troublesome. There are reasons for doing it mainly because I am afraid over long term, the start/stop funciton, being a new technology, may affect the engine mount supporting the 1.4 litre motor. I feel that there is vibration once start function kicks in just like the starting of each trip and this may weaken the engine mount. In addition, the starter motor is of lesser stress if the start/stop function is disabled. The start/stop function has to be manually turned off unless programming is done to overwrite it.
To achieve petrol savings, the car also attempts to step up to its 7th gear quickly. At 100km/hr speed, the engine revolution is just about 2100 rev for a 1.4 litre car. If power is required, the driver can switch to sport mode for more sustained acceleration or manual gearshift(paddle shift).
I added a passive bass speaker within the car compartment to improve the quality of sound from the standard Audi sound system. It improves the sound greatly.
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