Hi everybody, I've always wanted to get an Audi and now I'm looking to buy my 1st A3, petrol, manual transmission, but confused whether I should get the 1.6 or 2.0!! I enjoyed my Golf TDi and now need a Euro 4 compliant car, the A3 is my Number 1 choice, love German Technology. I want it for leisure, perhaps 8000 to 10,000 miles in a year. My budget is limited as I'm going through a career change, so I need something decent on fuel and insurance. I love to drive, not race, but drive, the driving experience, to have good handling and some power at times. I've so far seen for sale many A3s, 2004-2008, 3 door and 5 door, manual, petrols, some 1.6 and some 2.0. The big question is  'Is the 1.6 petrol manual under-powered?'

Thank you.

Hi Mo....welcome to the Forum

From experience, I would say that the 1.6 manual is more than sufficient to provide the 'driveability' that you are looking for.
Equally, it is a reliable engine and provides a pretty decent MPG in return.

Let us know how you get on with finding a good one.

Cheers,   Trevor

Hi and welcome.

If you ever need any help with insurance at all for any model you're looking at then please feel free to drop me a line.

Regards,

Dan.