Audi China Reveals New A3L Extended Wheelbase Sedan

• On December 8, 2024, “Trendy News Starts with the New Audi A3 – New Audi A3L Aurora Night” was held at the FAW-Volkswagen Qingdao factory. FAW Audi completed the courtesy handover of the first batch of new Audi A3L Limousine owners.
• Inheriting the essence of Audi’s 115-year-old car-making experts, relying on exquisite manufacturing technology and strict test standards, the new Audi A3L Limousine sets a new benchmark for young luxury cars with leapfrog luxury quality.
• With the delivery of the new Audi A3L Limousine, FAW Audi will rely on the core matrix of “3, 4, 5, 6” domestic luxury fuel cars composed of Audi A3L, A4L, A5L, A6L, etc. to help the brand strengthen its competitive advantage in the luxury car market.

[source: Audi China, translation by Apple]

On December 8, 2024, “Trend News Starts with the New Audi A3 – New Audi A3L Aurora Night” was held at the FAW-Volkswagen Qingdao Factory. Under the joint witness of Wang Yibo, the brand ambassador of Audi Yingjiehui, Guan Xiaotong and other guests, the new Audi A3L Lim ousine was officially delivered to the first batch of users. This Aurora Night event is not only a two-way run between the Audi brand and young users, but also shows the overall strength of FAW Audi in the field of young luxury.

As the founder and leader of young luxury cars, the Audi A3 has become the well-deserved king of the young luxury car market with four generations of evolution and cumulative sales of nearly 6 million since its launch in 1996. Today, as the classic representative of the Audi brand sedan, the new Audi A3L Limousine not only inherits the sports genes and exquisite craftsmanship of the Audi A3 series, but also achieves an all-round leap in design, technology, performance and safety, reflecting the value precipitation of Audi’s 115-year-old car.

Leap Forward and Renew, Highlighting the Trendy Temperament

As the best solution for young luxury cars, the new Audi A3L Limousine responds to the aesthetics of young people with a trendy temperament. The new car has the same performance and appearance as the S3, and every detail of it inspires people’s desire to drive. The new aurora purple car color will present different color layers with the change of light, adding a touch of mystery to the trend.

Audi has been using racing technology and experience to create mass-produced cars. As a driver’s car, the new generation of 1.5T engine equipped with the new Audi A3L Limousine adopts advanced technologies such as Miller cycle, plasma layer cylinder block, and VGT variable section turbocharger of the same origin as 911 technology, with good acceleration and high fuel economy. Matched with a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox and a German-tuned four-link independent rear suspension, it makes every driving fun.

Safety is the bottom line of luxury, and Audi pursues the reliability of the vehicle under any circumstances. The new Audi A3L Limousine adopts hot-formed steel plates in key areas such as the B-pillar around the side of the body, and the application rate of the whole vehicle is about 30%; the whole series is equipped with 9 airbags as standard, and the new central airbags and side airbags are rare in the same class. Not only that, the new Audi A3L Limousine is also equipped with the Audi early warning protection system and the door opening warning system to help users prevent the occurrence of traffic hazards such as “tailging” and “door opening”.

Both Internal and External Cultivation, Inheriting a Hundred-Year-Old Craft

As the birthplace of the new Audi A3L, FAW-Volkswagen East China Base relies on an end-to-end intelligent supply chain, a preventive digital quality platform and Audi’s global unified quality control standards to ensure that each new Audi A3 has consistent high quality.

At the FAW-Volkswagen East China base, the user representative witnessed the new Audi A3L Limousine, starting from a steel plate, through hundreds of processes, and through layers of tests, becoming a young luxury car with excellent quality. The industry-leading “six-sequence stamping” process ensures that every line and edge of the body is sharp and exquisite, and has an attitude; the application of “laser welding” technology makes the body structure of the new Audi A3L stronger, and the welds are smoother and more beautiful, which greatly improves the rigidity and safety of the body; “cavity waxing” technology , provides excellent anti-corrosion performance for the vehicle, so that the new Audi A3L Limousine can withstand the test of harsh environments.

Not only that, the new Audi A3L Limousine also follows the strictest test standards to ensure that each car has excellent quality and performance. The whole vehicle has undergone endurance strengthening and alternating tests, dynamic corrosion altating tests, and extreme environmental tests such as rain and freezing rain, verifying the reliability and adaptability of the whole vehicle under various extreme conditions; the smell and emitting test of the whole vehicle, as well as the special tests of parts such as seat friction and turbocharger plateau test, all highlight the new Olympic The ultimate pursuit of detail quality of the A3L Limousine; hail forward impact test, door stiffness test, etc., further prove the excellent performance of the new Audi A3L Limousine in safety and durability.

Car manufacturing is a century-old track, and there is absolutely no shortcut. Audi has experienced many opportunities and challenges in the 115 years. It has always focused on the manufacturing industry and has accumulated a complete set of system capabilities. It has the wisdom and innovative design of engineers, strict actual vehicle testing and verification before putting into production, and the process and input guarantee of medium and high standards in production. Fine polishing where users can see, and in places where users can’t see, do not omit any effort. This is Audi’s persistence as an 115-year-old car-making expert and the reason why users can trust it. Only with strong system ability can the new Audi A3 become a trendy travel partner, start a fast-galloping life, and let the trend be reborn!

With the delivery of the new Audi A3L Limousine, in the Chinese luxury car market where sedans dominate, FAW Audi relies on the core matrix of “3, 4, 5, 6” domestic luxury fuel cars composed of Audi A3L, A4L, A5L, A6L, etc. to help the FAW Audi brand Strengthen the competitive advantage in the luxury car market. In the future, FAW Audi will continue to cultivate the young luxury market, grow together with every new generation of users, and create a new future for high-end mobile travel.