Audi Australia says a new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the facelifted A3 is “under consideration” for the Australian market as the premium German auto brand looks to broaden its electrified vehicle range in 2025. Revealed internationally recently as part of the Audi A3’s mid-life facelift – which is due on sale here in the first half of 2025 – the plug-in hybrid models team a 25.7kWh battery with a 1.
5-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine and an 85kW/330Nm electric motor integrated into the transmission. There have been two tunes announced globally: the Audi A3 40 TFSIe and the A3 45 TFSIe – the former producing 150kW of power and 350Nm of torque, the latter 200kW and 400Nm. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now.
Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now . Those outputs lend the higher-performance A3 45 TFSIe a 0-100km/h acceleration time of 6.
3 seconds, Audi says. However, the bigger headline figure is a claimed electric range of 141km for both variants (WLTP) – a significant improvement on earlier A3 PHEV variants. Speaking with CarExpert in Sydney last week, Audi Australia product manager Matthew Dale said the upgraded A3 PHEV is a logical fit for the Australian market.
“The PHEV marks a significant step in terms of the electrification of that model platform. That’s under consideration for the Australia market,” he said. “With PHEVs and EVs i.