► Facelifted Audi A3 hatch and saloon revealed
► New Allstreet variant is a bit… Streetwise
► Smarter infotainment, techier lights
Audi has revealed its refreshed A3 for 2024, tweaking and upgrading bits and pieces to keep it fresh. As well as offering its regular Sportback hatchback and Saloon model, a new A3 Allstreet variant joins the range.
The visual tweaks are pretty minor, introducing a slightly sportier look to the car and includes a now-framless ‘Singleframe’ grille arrangement at the front. Bigger air intakes, new wheel designs and more interesting colours beyond Audi’s palette of greys (like District Green, pictured) feature in the range now. The A3’s daytime running lights now have customisable DRLs like the Q4 e-tron, too.
Probably what’s more interesting is the introduction of a new A3 Allstreet model (pictured above). As well as some tougher-looking design elements stolen from Audi’s range of SUVs, the Allstreet features a 15mm raised ride height over a conventional Sportback hatch or saloon model and as-standard roof rails.
The cockpit has had a bit of a refresh across all models, too, with Audi pointing to a longer list of standard equipment on even the base models. The details are only slight, mind, with some more elaborate ambient lighting and a new shifter being more obvious details.
More tech has been injected into the A3, with a wider range of safety tech as standard (including adaptive cruise that even helps with lane changes) and additional parking and manoeuvrability tech.
The engine range will sound remarkably familiar, too, with 148bhp petrol and diesel engines launching first. More engines will become available in the summer, and a plug-in hybrid model will launch by the end of 2024.
As for performance versions, a new-generation S3 and RS3 will arrive later. We’ve already driven a prototype of the S3, and it’s shaping up to be quite good.
The updated range is available to order very soon, with the first deliveries expected in the summer.
