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Sort of like a Mercedes CLA250, but better.

So, you’ve survived your harebrained youth. It wasn’t easy, what with Woodstock ’94 and all. Now, settled into a bungalow in the ’burbs, you bid farewell to slammed hatchbacks, red brake calipers, and flagrant GT badges.
What didn’t change is your quest for roads to nowhere and rapture at the wheel. Who says that kids’ braces and funding an IRA mean that you have to be dead inside?

Not Audi. Several months ago, the new A3 2.0T Quattro thumped its arch rivals, the BMW 228i and the Mercedes-Benz CLA250 4MATIC, in our out-west comparison test. Audi’s smallest sedan won by a fair margin, providing the best combo of creature comforts, performance, and driving enjoyment. But can sports-sedan salvation be had without spending for the ­bigger engine? To find out, we tested the more humble A3 1.8T, which starts at $30,795, or $3000 less than the 2.0T Quattro.

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Car and Driver Says the Audi A3 Sedan 1.8T Is Like a Mercedes-Benz CLA250 But Better

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