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Audi A3 (8Y)

Audi A3 (8Y), 2020-present

Produced
2020–present
Code
8Y
Designer
Jakob Hirzel, Juan Carlos Huerta
White facelifted Audi A3 Sportback S-Line photographed from the front three-quarter angle

Image credit

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File:2024 Audi A3 8Y DSC 7470.jpg
Author (attribution required)
Alexander Migl
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The current, fourth-generation A3 launched in 2020 on the MQB evo platform it shares with the Volkswagen Golf Mk8, SEAT León and Škoda Octavia, styled, the article says, with visible influence from Lamborghini.[1]

One figure here needed a judgement call rather than a lookup. The article gives the quattro model’s output as “190 hp” using a Wikipedia conversion template whose “hp” unit is mechanical horsepower, not the metric PS used elsewhere in the same article for other trims. Converting on that literal reading gives 142 kW; reading it as PS instead (the more common shorthand in European coverage) would give 140 kW. The gap is small, but the entry records the reading actually taken and marks the figure estimated rather than verified, since the source itself never disambiguates which horsepower unit its editors meant.

Boot volume also depends on drivetrain: the quattro-equipped car’s 320 L is smaller than the 380 L quoted for front-wheel-drive A3s, because the rear differential intrudes into the boot floor. Both are manufacturer seats-up figures; the article separately gives a 1,200 L seats-folded figure that is not stored here, since the schema’s bootVolume field is a single seats-up value.

Overview

Manufacturer
Audi
Produced
2020–present
Model code
8Y
Designer
Jakob Hirzel, Juan Carlos Huerta
Segment
C-segment (Europe) / Compact (US)
Positioning
Premium
Assembly
  • Ingolstadt, Germany
  • Qingdao, China (FAW-Volkswagen, A3L)

Dimensions

Length
4,337 mm

Sportback hatchback. The saloon is 4,495 mm and the China-market A3L is 4,548 mm.

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Width
1,816 mm

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Height
1,425 mm

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Wheelbase
2,640 mm

Sportback hatchback. The saloon is 2,636 mm and the China-market A3L is 2,680 mm.

[1]

Kerb weight
Not yet available

40 TFSI quattro

Trim · 2020–present

Power
142 kWEstimated

Published as 190 hp using Wikipedia's {{convert|190|hp}} template, which denotes mechanical (imperial) horsepower rather than metric PS, converted here at 1 hp = 0.745699872 kW. Read as metric PS instead, the same 190 figure would give 140 kW, which is a difference of about 2 kW, small enough not to change the rounded figure meaningfully, but the reading taken is stated here as the source itself does not disambiguate which horsepower unit its editors intended.

Torque
320 N⋅m

[1]

Kerb weight
Not yet available
0–100 km/h
Not yet available
Top speed
Not yet available
Fuel economy
Not yet available
CO₂
Not yet available
Drag coefficient
0.28

Stated once for the generation as a whole rather than broken out per trim.

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Frontal area
Not yet available
Displacement
1,984 ccEstimated

The article describes it only as "2.0-litre Quattro version"; 1,984 cc is the well-documented displacement of the EA888 evo 2 engine family named for this generation's S3, not a figure stated directly for this trim.

Boot volume
320 L

Manufacturer figure, seats up. Reduced from the 380 L of front-wheel-drive A3 variants because the quattro system's rear differential intrudes into the boot floor.

[1]

Seats
5
Engine
inline-4 turbo (EA888 evo 2)
Drivetrain
All-wheel drive

RS 3

Trim · 2021–present

Power
294 kW

400 PS, converted at 1 PS = 0.73549875 kW. The US-market car is stated separately at 401 hp/299 kW, marginally higher because it lacks the petrol particulate filter required in Europe.

[1]

Torque
500 N⋅m

[1]

Kerb weight
1,651 kg

3,639 lb, Car and Driver's test weight for the US-market saloon, converted at 1 lb = 0.45359237 kg.

[1]

0–100 km/h
Not yet available
Top speed
290 km/h

Only reachable with the optional RS Dynamic package that removes the standard speed limiter.

[1]

Fuel economy
Not yet available
CO₂
Not yet available
Drag coefficient
0.28

Stated once for the generation as a whole rather than broken out per trim.

[1]

Frontal area
Not yet available
Displacement
2,480 cc

[1]

Boot volume
Not yet available
Seats
5
Engine
inline-5 turbo (EA855)
Drivetrain
All-wheel drive

Sources & confidence

Every figure above carries a status. Nothing on this page is estimated without saying so, and nothing missing has been filled in with a guess.

Last verified
2026-09-08
Review status
Compiled from cited sources

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References

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    Audi A3. Wikipedia · revision 1373603565 · read 2026-09-08

    WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

    Covers all four A3 generations in one article, with per-generation infoboxes and specification tables.