Audi A3 Sportback, 8PA

9 variants from the facelift on, carrying a real market premium of roughly 9% over an otherwise identical pre-facelift car. Variants appearing in both tables were sold either side of the changeover, the build month decides which one you're looking at, not the model year.

Market availability varied by country; check the engine code stamped on the block rather than the badge on the boot. · Compare every engine side by side →

Audi S and RS models share a bodyshell with the range and almost nothing else. Different engine, drivetrain, brakes and running costs. They're listed apart so their prices don't distort the ordinary range.

Prices above are for S/RS cars only and aren't included in the range figures quoted elsewhere on this page.

● full year · ◐ arrives or leaves mid-generation. Years from 2008 in the accent colour are facelift (LCI) cars. Verify the engine code, not the model year.

Every standard engine in the chassis, plotted at its good-buy price against its risk level. Cheap and low-risk is the top-left; expensive and fragile is the bottom-right. M cars are excluded, they would stretch the price axis and tell you nothing about the rest.

Every standard engine on one euro axis: the bar spans the 10th to 90th percentile of asking prices, the tick is the median and the green marker is the good-buy figure. S/RS cars are excluded; they sit an order of magnitude above the rest.

Written once against the chassis and shown on every variant page below, so nothing here is repeated 10 times: S/RS cars included, since the bodyshell and electronics are shared.

The same engine and gearbox rules as the three-door, in the more practical shell. The Sportback is the sensible default: barely more money, materially more room, and the same durable 1.9 TDI and 1.8/2.0 TFSI petrols worth seeking out. So check the rear suspension bushes on cars that have carried weight.