Audi’s Dutch sales topper gets a facelift

Up to and including 2012, the A4 was Audi’s absolute number one in the Netherlands, but since 2013 the Audi A3 can call itself the most popular model of the brand in the Netherlands. Although the electric Audi E-tron briefly dethroned the A3 in 2019 and 2020, Audi’s alternative to cars such as the BMW 1-series and Mercedes-Benz A-class simply took the lead again in 2021. Also in the first ten months of this year, it is the A3 that leads Audi with 2,660 units sold. This means that the A3 is doing better in the Netherlands than its German counterparts: BMW sold 1,000 fewer units of the 1-series this year and the A-class remains at just under 1,900 units to date. Audi will soon subtly place the A3 on the cutting table to keep the now 2.5-year-old model up to date.

The current Audi A3 Limousine performed as an S-Line.

These spy plates show that facelifted Audi A3 as a Limousine, but don’t assume that Audi is renewing the model harshly. The Audi A3 Limousine in these photos, apparently executed as an S Line, is getting renewed bumpers, as evidenced by the camouflage stickers. At the back you see the biggest piece of evidence of that. In the rear bumper there are vertically oriented reflectors instead of horizontal ones as on the current model. Intense. Audi has taped its logos on the nose and butt, which suggests that these will be replaced by the very subtly renewed version that debuted on the E-tron renamed Q8 E-tron. Continue to focus on updated infotainment.

Not only the Audi A3 Limousine will soon be renewed, hatchback version A3 Sportback is expected to be facelifted simultaneously. Count on various engine versions, including the 30 TFSI and 35 TFSI with 110 hp 1.0 and 150 hp 1.5 and the plug-in hybrid 40 TFSI e and 45 TFSI e’s that are currently reserved for the A3 Sportback. In addition, the sportier S3 and RS3 will undoubtedly return.