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The Alpha A3; Audi intros a 3.2 V6 in the A3 Sportback quattro.(News)
Byline: MATT DAVIS
It is appropriate to be piloting this Audi A3 Sportback S-line quattro fitted with a 3.2-liter, 250-hp VR6, six-speed dual-clutch DSG transmission and optional Toucan yellow paint along these sunny, autumn roads. It's Germany and wide-open is how this car likes it.
Not surprisingly, the A3 Sportback 3.2 quattro behaves much like a similarly equipped TT tested in March 2004.
This A3 lets you leave the drive in fully automatic mode for less fuel consumption, but the DSG paddle shifts' high revs is the exciting and wasteful way to go. The car could benefit from a Sport mode to make the shifts pop more if desired; and while we're wishing, a redline set higher than 6400 revs would be nice, too. Feel at the wheel via the electro-mechanic steering is on the soft side; after a while you know better how to work it to get from it what you seek.
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Source: HighBeam Research, The Alpha A3; Audi intros a 3.2 V6 in the A3 Sportback quattro.(News)