The Audi A3 has undergone a few nonessential alterations for 2011, but offers no major updates over the 2010 model. Motor selections for the U. S. Business are looked for to remain fundamentally unchanged, even though the European business will revel in a newfangled 265 hp 2. 0 liter motor in the S3 model to offer some much could have used capacity to the Audi A3 line.
Corrective changes count a brand new gear selector, changes to the side mirror arrangements, revised and improved instrument panels, and a solitary casing grille. For the most part, the finest headliners of the Audi A3 can be retained in the 2011 poses with a few newfangled additional items to keep this unyielding performer natural.
There have been widespread reports of problems with instrument clusters on the second generation (8P/8PA) A3 model although Audi have yet to publicly acknowledge the defects which have coincided with similar defects on the Audi TT model. In the case of the TT model, Audi were forced to settle with customers following a class action lawsuit coordinated by Green Welling LLP.
In February 2010, the A3 TDI was featured in Audi's "Green Car" Super Bowl spot, which highlighted that model's "2010 Green Car of the Year" designation by Green Car Journal.