Audi working on the A3 sedan for the U.S. market

Oliver Stein, Audi of America’s CFO announced at this year’s Detroit Auto Show that the U.S. needs a sedan version of the smallest vehicle, the A3.

Also, it appears that the German manufacturer is already working on the sedan version of the A3 (we reported this in this post) and this new car will go on sale somewhere in 2012 as a 2013 model.
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pennfootball - 1/15/2010 10:30:52 AM

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Thank God...this is what Audi needs in the US now...Hopefully the engine will make more then a paltry 200hp!

MSP6 - 1/15/2010 11:16:27 AM

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Since the A3 is Golf-based, that new A3 sedan is likely to be an Audi version of the Jetta, but the Jetta is already almost as large as an A4.

How are they going to manage this without having the A3 cannibalizing the A4 ?

AlleVier - 1/15/2010 2:39:34 PM

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They won't. This is all part of their Americans-hate-hatches-and-wagons strategy. I would assume they think they are missing buyers who don't want the A4 because it's too big and expensive, but don't want the A3 because it's a hatch. Hopefully it's better looking than the ugly 1 series.

610looper - 1/15/2010 2:33:56 PM

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The same way Toyota does the Camry, Corolla, Scion, ES330 and HS250

mpls - 1/17/2010 1:03:48 PM

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Like Skoda Superb, Seat Exeo, VW Passat or VW jetta, Audi A3/A4..