2017 Audi A3 vs 2019

What's the difference?

You know when you reckon you've got the room, you've got some great stories in the chamber and everyone's looking at you and then someone else walks in. That someone else has an effortless style and sophistication, doesn't try too hard, just looks great all the time?

BMW and Mercedes know that person. It's called the Audi A3. It outsells the BMW 1 Series by two to one and even beats the Mercedes A Class home (although if you add the CLA, not so much). From 2015 to 2016, market share of the segment it occupies has grown from a quarter to almost a third.

So there’s probably no point in updating it, right? Wrong. Because it’s now four years old and BMW and Mercedes have been chucking the kitchen at their cars to try and catch up, knowing Audi has something up its sleeve.

And here is - a refreshed A3 with new technology, new engines and some of the more subtle styling changes you’ll see, even for an Audi.

If there are to be any name changes then surely I should be first? I mean Dick Berry; who calls their son that? Well, they named me Richard, but still...

Anyway, I have more reason to do change my moniker than the Audi A3 1.4TFSI Sedan, which recently had its name changed to the 35 TFSI.

So, what does it all mean?

I'll do my best to solve that riddle, along with giving you the answers to other questions about the A35 TFSI Sedan, from what it's like to drive, to its safety features, and how practical and fuel efficient it is.