As we’ve written in the past, the dual-clutch transmission has some hesitancy from a standstill, but once you learn how the gearbox wants to behave it is easy to counteract in most circumstances. There are, however, moments when you plant your foot and seemingly wait a little longer than you’d hope for the initial progress to be made â€" crossing intersections, for instance.
In terms of that high-tech fuel-saving system, our first impressions are that you can barely tell when the car drops to two cylinders, which it will do under low load â€" so, coasting downhill or at, say, 80km/h on a flat road. If you need to punch the throttle hard, it will switch back to four-cylinder mode instantly.
As we’ve written in the past, the A3’s cabin is arguably the best in this class, and our first impressions of how the hatch will be to live with have been promising, to say the least.
There’s leather trim and nice aluminium finishing across the dashboard and doors, and there’s enough space for four adults â€" not to mention air vents in the second row.
The boot is big enough for a pair of large suitcases and there is ample storage throughout the cabin, including big door pockets and cup holders front and back.
Over the remainder of this loan we’re handing the car over to a couple of members of the CarAdvice team that don’t usually write about cars. They are Jordie Bodlay, the head of our Sydney IT team and lead solutions architect, and Alexis Dewick, our designer and front-end developer.
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