Audi A3 Sedan: Australian Price, Features And Specs

The Audi A3 sedan is officially on sale, and with a starting price of $39,800 for the entry-level 1.4 TFSI it's now the most affordable way to get yourself into a brand-new luxury sedan.

The structure of the A3 sedan range largely mirrors the A3 Sportback range, but without the 1.6 TDI model.

Engine sizes range from 1.4 to 1.8 litres for the petrol engines, while the sole diesel option is a 2.0 TDI unit.

With demand growing at the bottom end of the luxury car market, the A3 sedan looks poised to capitalise on the sales momentum generated by the A3 Sportback, BMW 1 Series, Mercedes-Benz A-Class and its sole luxury small sedan competitor, the Mercedes CLA.

“We are thrilled with the price positioning of our A3 model range in general," said Audi Australia Managing Director, Andrew Doyle.

"It’s a highly competitive segment of the market and with a sales increase of 93 percent (compared with 2012) the new A3 Sportback has been very well-accepted since its May 2013 launch.

"We are now looking forward to even more customer interest with the arrival of this all new body style to the range.”

Although it looks identical forward of the B-pillar, the A3 sedan shares no sheetmetal with its hatchback counterpart. 

It does share the A3 Sportback's MQB platform architecture, although there are more than enough dimensional differences to make the sedan's version of MQB rather different to that of the hatch.