The re-designed Audi A3 may be as good or better than the A3 hatchback, but it is bound to fail because it is an ugly, boring looking little car. I paid $44,000 for my A3 hatchback in 20012 and would gladly pay that or more again for the new ‘Sportback’ which Audi had promised to bring back to the US in the Summer of 2015. I am, however, beginning to doubt they will bring it back. They have too many boring little redesigned A3s on their hands that no one wants and they have no way to dump that inventory.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/13169153/1/audi-a3-sales-continue-to-surge-in-2015.html
...The car’s popularity has continued to surge in 2015 with sales up 262% so far this year versus the same period last year...
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2571901
...May 2015 was best month on record for the A3 and S3 sedan models with 3,035 cars sold, as well as for the A3 Cabriolet with 458 cars sold...