2016 Audi A3 TDI Release Date
The 2015 Audi A3 lineup gained one new member on the 2014 New York auto present -- a diesel hatchback. Although Audi had deliberate to solely promote the upcoming e-tron plug-in hybrid A3 as a Sportback mannequin within the States, and to solely promote the TDI diesel as a sedan, lovers and potential patrons satisfied Audi to promote the diesel as a hatch.
“The A3 TDI Sportback has an extremely passionate and constant fan base, this new model has been considered one of our most requested fashions for the reason that announcement of the brand new A3 household,” Audi of America president Scott Keogh stated in a press release.
The 2016 Audi A3 TDI Sportback, just like the sedan model already introduced, will use a P.zero-liter turbocharged inline-4 diesel engine rated for a hundred and fifty hp. The engine mates to a six-pace twin-clutch automated transmission. Although Audi has not launched gasoline financial system info, anticipate a giant enchancment over the outgoing 2013 A3 TDI hatch, which achieved as much as 30/forty two mpg (metropolis/freeway) with the twin-clutch transmission and entrance-wheel drive.
The 2016 Audi A3 TDI Sportback will not go on sale till subsequent summer time. Before that, Audi will launch the 2015 A3 sedan with a gasoline engine, the A3 convertible, and the excessive-efficiency S3 sedan. The commonplace 2015 Audi A3 presents a B.H-liter turbo-4 engine rated for one hundred seventy hp and a couple of.zero-liter turbo rated for 220 hp, whereas the S3's P.zero-liter turbo engine will produce roughly 290 hp. The Audi A3 e-tron Sportback plug-in hybrid will debut subsequent 12 months across the similar time because the diesel Sportback.