Audi A3: AudiWorld's project car

AudiWorld just started with their new Audi A3 project car.

It's 11pm on a quiet Sunday evening in early spring. I flip open my laptop and begin to scour the web for a replacement vehicle for my gas guzzling sport ute. My needs were simple:

# Exciting to drive (which eliminated all mini-vans automatically)
# 25-35 mpg (which essentially eliminated trucks and most AWD cars)
# The capacity to haul a plasma TV (hmmm)

I clicked on the Audi USA website to check if the new A4 seats folded down completely. The rest, as they say, is now history.

Wait, this article is about a project A3! Truth be told, upon opening Audi's home page I discovered something I had just never really considered. The A3 had finally landed in America.

After 3 weeks of additional research and only a single test drive of another vehicle to show for it, an A3 sighting was actually reported in the Philadelphia area....

In early June, OPERATIONA3 was put into effect. With four local dealerships (and many others within a reasonable distance), I would have my pick both in terms of color and options. In the end I chose the understated, yet unique Lava Gray pearl effect paint. When it comes down to it, though I think this car looks amazing in any color.

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Source: AudiWorld via Fourtitude's Audi News Blog

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