I'm stuck...which should I buy a 2008 Audi A3 or an A4?

I've driven both and I love both of them, but I can't decide which one to get. If anyone else has been in this situation I'd like to know what your tie-breaker was or what you might use to break the deadlock.

  • The Audi A4 is a compact executive car produced by the German automaker Audi since 1994. It is the successor of the Audi 80 Audi debuted the first-generation A4 (known internally as the Typ 8D) in 1994 on Volkswagen Group's B5 platform, which it shared with the fourth generation Volkswagen Passat. It had a... Read More
  • What is it that you liked most about each one? To me, the A3 was too "economy hatchback" like. It felt smaller and less comfortable then the A4. But if you really need to haul stuff more then people, and if price is a big factor, well, the A3 might be a better choice. If you expect to be taking 3-4 people regularly in... Read More
  • If money is no object, and it sounds like you got buckets of the green stuff(I am jealous), then go the "green" route and buy the one that gets the best gas mileage. That way you will have an "out" when confronted by the environmentalists. Have you checked the insurance rates on both? How about the service intervals... Read More
  • well i would go for the A4 if i had the extra money, i like the A3 but i think you will find that the A4 holds its value better i don't know this for a fact but i think most Americans (assuming you are in America) have not embraced the hatchback and prefer a sedan therefore i think the A4 will do better for retaining... Read More
  • NEITHER. Buy the BMW 335i if you have a family, if you don't then wait a couple of months for the 135i. Same engine, less wait and less room, but a ROCKET SHIP! Heck, my M3 will have it's work cut out for it to outrun the 135.
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Other Choices:

If you're in the market for a wagonlike vehicle with sporting pretensions and can spend $30,000, there are some interesting choices outside of the 2008 Audi A3. A traditional wagon such as the BMW 3-Series or the Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen might not have all-wheel drive, but each has more cargo room than the more compact Audi A3--and in the Jetta's case, a coming diesel option. Look to Japan and the Infiniti EX has all-wheel drive as an option, but the base car is a rear-driver spun from the hot-handling G35 sedan, one of our favorite luxury sport sedans.

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