The Audi A3 is becoming a compelling pick in the second-hand marketplace for shoppers on tighter budgets. This German superstar of the compact luxury era joined the ‘less is more’ party that saw competitor compact sedans come and go, while enduring a mass exodus of shoppers from compact cars to compact SUVs. With both sedan and hatchback body styles available, the A3 sat somewhere between the small sedan and small SUV universe, and standard turbocharged power combined with widespread quattro AWD availability raised an enthusiast eyebrow or two.
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