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Audi A1 Sportback – Road Test

31st October 2022

The latest Audi A1 Sportback S tronic reviewed by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency)... We all want more for our money these days and the Audi A1 Sportback 5-door brings big car luxury features to a more affordable family car market. The A1 was introduced as the marque’s challenger to the growing number of superminis in 2010, initially with three-doors and then a five-door Sportback … [Read more...]

Audi A3 Sportback SE

1st July 2013

Chris Adamson samples the latest five door version of Audi's A3 In one of those odd twists in the global motor industry, more than six months after it launched the new A3, Audi is only now just introducing the body-style that is going to be its best seller. Having tested the water with the A3 three-door, Audi adds the Sportback, its five-door stable-mate which will eventually out-sell it three … [Read more...]

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