Just seen that the new Audi A3 has been released and much prefer the changes to the Golf.
The lines are quiet nice, and the front has good form, definitely not objectionable and you imagine once the S Line / S3 bits are added with some decent 19" rims you would imagine it looks pretty good.
Though not wow by interior and feel the vents etc take a bit of getting used to (having spent 9 years in S Line Quattro always liked the circular jet engine vents as a classy addition) its more conventional and at least Audi have retained switches (which they apparently have removed in models higher up the range that the A3 interior borrows from)
That touch volume control is so weirdly placed though?! especially in the manual as you have to reach around it just to turn the volume up and down? Really?!!
The A3 also loses the classy looking STronic lever apparently, which is another detraction that sure you just get used to but its just removing another differentiation, especially in an Audi where cabin quality is one of the key attractions - any manufacturer can produce a little knob thing for gear selection, the marquee brands use to make a feature of such things.
Overall, its much better than the Golf, but will cost you more of course but overall its as much meh as the Golf, nothing that shouts must have and things like the removal of the STronic lever actually saying stay with what have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afjY8qGEtTo
