Both cars are available with petrol and diesel engines. Audi A3 is available also with hybrid engines. Hybrid engines offer superior fuel efficiency and reduced emissions compared to conventional engine types.
Audi A3 petrol engines consumes on average 0.2 litres more fuel per 100 km than Volkswagen Golf. On average, Audi A3 equipped with diesel engines consume 0.2 litres less fuel per 100 km than the Volkswagen Golf. This comparison does not take engine capacity into account, so to compare the fuel consumption of specific engines, select the car version!
Audi A3 is smaller. Audi A3 is 25 cm shorter than the Volkswagen Golf, 1 cm narrower, while the height of Audi A3 is 5 cm lower.
Trunk capacity:
380 litres
605 litres
Trunk max capacity: with rear seats folded down
1220 litres
1620 litres
Volkswagen Golf has more luggage space. Audi A3 has 225 litres less trunk space than the Volkswagen Golf. The maximum boot capacity (with all rear seats folded down) is larger in Volkswagen Golf (by 400 litres).
