It's not bad. The interior is standard issue sports-Audi, nice but nothing special. It's quite well resolved and cohesive in design, but it's not superlative.

Performance should be ok. I have few concerns about that part. I don't expect 0-100 times to be anything - but I'll wait for tests and comments about the dynamic aspects.

Exterior looks, well, I liked the squared-off front bumper style of the RS4 more than this new curvier and flared look. The wheels, side skirts and rear bumper (why do they always make the 'diffuser simulator panel' body coloured and not black?) are also nothing new.

I'm tossing between 3 and 4, but it's nothing amazing, and I wasn't that much of a fan of the A3 anyway - not the 3-door, certainly, and the 5-door didn't impress me that much either. It's a little small.

So 3 it is.