The Audi A3 is a small family or subcompact executive car manufactured and marketed since the 1990's[1][2] by the Audi subdivision of the Volkswagen Group, now in its 3rd generation. The first two generations of the audi A3 were based on the Volkswagen Group A platform, which they share with the Audi TT, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Caddy, and Volkswagen Touran, as well as SEAT León, SEAT Toledo, and Škoda Octavia. The third-generation A3 uses the Volkswagen Group MQB platform. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_A3