Audi A3 (2008 - 2012) - Real MPG

REAL MPG:

Audi A3 (2008 - 2012)

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20–72

Real MPG

43.9

Average

Good choice of engines. Some petrol engines now chain cam. Comfortable and well built interior. cheap to run 1.6 TDI. Feels very refined especially on the motorway.

Doesn't handle as well as some other premium hatchbacks. All diesels remain belt cam.

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Select engine for more Real MPG information:

Engine	Official MPG	Real MPG Avg.	Real MPG %
1.2 TFSI	51.4 mpg	44.6 mpg	87%
1.2 TFSI S tronic	53.3 mpg	43.4 mpg	81%
1.4 TFSI	49.6 mpg	40.8 mpg	82%
1.4 TFSI S tronic	53.3 mpg	45.2 mpg	85%
1.6	39.2–42.2 mpg	34.5 mpg	85%
1.6 FSI	42.8 mpg	37.6 mpg	88%
1.6 S tronic	42.2 mpg	34.4 mpg	82%
1.6 TDI	68.9–74.3 mpg	51.4 mpg	72%
1.6 TDI S tronic	67.3 mpg	55.2 mpg	82%
1.8 TFSI	42.8 mpg	35.2 mpg	82%
1.8 TFSI S tronic	43.5 mpg	37.2 mpg	86%
1.9 TDI	54.3–55.4 mpg	50.9 mpg	93%
1.9 TDIe	62.8 mpg	59.2 mpg	94%
2.0 FSI	35.8–38.2 mpg	31.2 mpg	84%
2.0 TDI	60.1 mpg	48.8 mpg	81%
2.0 TDI 140	64.2 mpg	52.5 mpg	82%
2.0 TDI 140 S tronic	57.6 mpg	45.8 mpg	79%
2.0 TDI quattro	47.1–54.3 mpg	42.6 mpg	84%
2.0 TDI S tronic	57.6 mpg	47.2 mpg	82%
2.0 TFSI	39.8 mpg	29.4 mpg	74%
2.0 TFSI quattro S tronic	37.7 mpg	27.7 mpg	73%
2.0 TFSI S tronic	39.2 mpg	29.0 mpg	74%
3.2 V6 quattro	26.9 mpg	27.4 mpg	102%
S3 2.0 TFSI quattro	33.2 mpg	27.4 mpg	83%
S3 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronic	34.0 mpg	25.0 mpg	74%
S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro	33.2 mpg	25.9 mpg	78%
S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronic	33.6 mpg	25.7 mpg	77%

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Audi A3 (2008 - 2012)
Good choice of engines. Some petrol engines now chain cam. Comfortable and well built interior. cheap to run 1.6 TDI. Feels very refined especially on the motorway.

Rivals

Audi A3 (2008 - 2012)	43.9	avg mpg
Citroen C4 Cactus (2014 on)	52.9	avg mpg
Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer (2016 on)	52.6	avg mpg
Skoda Octavia (2013 - 2020)	52.2	avg mpg