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4.5 out of 5 stars

all of these reviews are dead on

Pisha, 07/19/2006
2006 Audi A3 2.0T 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

It's incredibly fun to drive. Fast, fast, fast. And agile! I wouldn't bother with a MT b/c the DSG lives up to the hype - definitely get it without the sport package because the paddles are a blast. The 2.0 is doing 80 before you realize, so the 3.2 must be incredible. When you fold down the back seats there is plenty of room. Definitely test before considering any comparable vehicles.

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3.63 out of 5 stars

Audi A3 auto

retfalvi, 02/20/2006
2006 Audi A3 2.0T 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful

I ended up buying this car based on a testdrive of another A3. Be careful, My actual car had chronic hesitation with ignition, and even with the software update was rather sluggish. Would buy this car again, if I had the option to testdrive the actual car offered. Remember your trade-in value with this car is less than you would expect at any time.

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4.38 out of 5 stars

Safe well built car

jenna, 12/19/2006
2006 Audi A3 3.2 quattro 4dr Wagon AWD (3.2L 6cyl 6A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful

I got my Audi A3 sport back 3.2 quattro and think its a great car with loads of space. I just picked up a freezer easily. It went in back with two seats down and room for my mum in back seat. Build is perfect, safe and the quattro makes wet or snow weather easy to drive in. Petrol isn't too bad - 32 mpg on motorway doing 70mph and round town 23mpg. The dsg box is great, won't go back to manual now . It's fast, 3.2 sport and driving on long journeys is great. Hardly any wind noise or road noise which you would expect having quattro.

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2.63 out of 5 stars

The Truth, a REVIEW you need to READ

unsatisfied, 04/14/2006
2006 Audi A3 2.0T 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Less than 1yr old. I've ran into every problem imagineable. Let me list all the problems i've had: 1) Locking mechanism: rear locks stopped locking, dont know how or what I did to them (maybe nothing?). 2) Alarm engaging: days later, alarm stopped. Service guy told me to manually lock (you do not pay for a pseudo luxury car to manually lock your car). 3) Moon roof malfunction: the mesh screen would get stuck, I took it back 3 times. 3rd time due to me running over a curb cuz I was pulling so hard. 4)Sun visor & tail light: went out in 6 months. 5) foglight grill: flew off on freeway. $100 something to replace. 6) airbag malfunction. 7) speakers: front ones went out, they said it was my fault for loose wire.

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3.88 out of 5 stars

DSG Rocks

JIm, 04/26/2005
2006 Audi A3 2.0T 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 6A)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful

I just test drove an Audi A3 with DSG and was amazed! The DSG has converted me from a committed manual transmission driver. The A3 was fast and fun, however I will wait for the new VW GTI that is now on sale in Europe because it has the same engine and transmission but is lighter, bigger, better looking, and cheper.

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