Specifications

A3
1 Airbags are supplemental restraints only and will not deploy in all crash circumstances. Always use safety belts and seat children only in the rear, using restraint systems appropriate for their size and age.
Airbags
Sensors mounted in the front seats monitor your seating
position to help ensure that the adaptive front airbags will
deploy in the event of a collision.
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Driver and passenger front
seat-mounted thorax side airbags help keep your upper body
protected, while knee-level airbags help keep tabs down
below. The A3 Sedan even has two rows of Sideguard® head
curtain airbags for an added level of protection.
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ESC and ABS
Technology that works in perfect sync with the Anti-lock
Brake System (ABS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC) helps
minimize any loss of stability, applying brake pressure to
individual wheels and reducing throttle input to help counter
oversteer or understeer when the vehicle needs it.
We don’t see safety as an option, or a luxury.
We decided that, regardless of size, strong should be a more flexible concept. High-strength steel helps add a measure of
security while helping enhance overall handling and performance. Sophisticated airbag technology is designed to deploy
airbags based on seat position,
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while specially constructed crumple zones give way upon impact to help mitigate potential
injury in a collision. All of this, combined with the rigidity of laser seam-welded joints that enhance the strength of every Audi
we make, helps diminish the impact of an unavoidable event.
Safety
Working to spread a “bend,
don’t break” philosophy.
Pop-up roll bars
In the unlikely event that your A3 Cabriolet rolls over, sensors
deploy two roll bars from hidden compartments in the rear.
Reinforced A-pillars up front and safety belt pretensioners
also help protect passengers. It’s another way we keep
innovative design as high a priority as your safety.
Crumple zones
Knautschzone may be an ugly word, but it’s a beautiful
technology. German for “crumple zone,” this ingenious
safety feature helps dissipate the energy from a col-
lision by spreading the impact forces around the pas-
senger cell and away from its occupants. In doing so, it
also slows the vehicle’s deceleration rate, which helps
to further lessen the force of impact.
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Ultra-high-strength steel
Ultra-high-strength steel in the
chassis rail side-member and B-pillar
helps protect the driver and passen-
gers in the event of a collision.
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