The bad: The A3's cabin tech interface, tedious to use and limited in functionality. The navigation system is very basic, while the audio sources lack iPod integration or an MP3 CD player.
The bottom line: Audi has some fine cabin tech waiting in the wings, but available on the 2009 Audi A3. Still, the car offers an excellent driving experience the practical configuration of a small wagon.
Audi features some excellent technology on its roster of performance tech, the top three being its all-wheel-drive system, dual-clutch transmission, and magnetic ride-suspension control. For 2009, the previously deprived Audi A3 gets this performance tech as a hand-me-down from its bigger, badder brothers. Now the A3 can take its proper place in Audi's performance legacy.
Unfortunately, it's still saddled with Audi's second-string cabin tech, which means a Multimedia Interface controller on the stack console, no iPod interface, and mediocre navigation. However, it does have an excellent Bluetooth phone system.
On the road
Getting ready to set out in the 2009 Audi A3, we put an MP3 CD into the six-disc changer, which resides in the glove box, and watched as the onscreen CD interface showed nothing. This disc player can't read MP3 CDs. But there are SD-card slots behind the LCD, which do read MP3s, although the screen only shows file names, and not track primitive interface.
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