Video - Audi A3 8P 2004 1.6 Manual Review POV Acceleration 0-100

Audi A3 8P 2004 1.6 Manual Review POV Acceleration 0-100

Audi A3 8P 1.6i Manual 2004 Review POV Acceleration

In this video I'm reviewing an Audi A3 8P Coupe from 2004 with a 1.6L naturally aspirated engine with a manual transmission. It's currently my daily driver and I'm pretty happy with it, and I will tell you exactly why.

This model was so good, that Audi kept making it from 2003 from 2011. They just made 2 facelifts - one in 2005 and one in 2009.

The 1.6 engine that I have is the least powerful version of the model, you could have lots of other engine and transmission versions as well, Diesel, Gasoline, Front Wheel Drive, All Wheel Drive, Manual or Automatic.

Let's talk a bit about performance.

This car has 102hp and 148Nm of torque, and just 1280kg. Zero to 60mph takes 11.8s to accelerate. I gave it a shot and managed to get 13s, but I didn't push it to its limit - maybe if disable ESP and I go to redline at 6500rpm I may get 11.8 seconds.

Top speed is 195 kmh- tested by myself on the highway. The automatic version is a bit faster - around 210kmh and that's because it has 6 gears.

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