Category: Small Family 
Price Range: £14,995 to £26,445
A hatch with a touch of subtle glamour, the A3 is superbly built, and has safety engineering second to none.
Expensive and confined in the rear.
Consider it as a classy, practical coupe (even the five-door), and you won't be disappointed. Don't consider it as an expensive Golf - it's too cramped.
The A3 has among the highest servicing costs in its class, higher insurance premiums and fairly average fuel consumption. But it gets four stars because of its excellent depreciation record, which betters every rival with ease. Even elderly, high-mileage A3s sell on for good money.
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