limus

My wife bought 2006 A3 a year ago, and last weekend I sold my G35c and took delivery of 2007 A3, which I ordered 1 month ago. I was exited until I found out that:

1. 2007 premium pkg does not include Auto dimming mirror, homelink, auto lights and rain sensors. Premium pkg cost $400 less in 2007, but base price is $600 more, which makes it $200 more for less features.
2. 2007 no longer includes free scheduled maintenance, I had to pay $500 to get that.

I wish I knew this before I ordered my car - I would have definitely bought one of the 2006 left it stock, even if it hadn't color that I liked.

So - buy 2006s if you can still find them. There is nothing in 2007 model that I can see that makes it better.

Limus

A3pex

I know that both satellite radio providers have their avid -- not to say rabid -- adherents, and while not faulting the Serius fans, I fall squarely in the XM camp. For '07, Audi has chosen to discontinue offering XM; a fairly boneheaded move, IMHO, as there are 12 million XM subscribers who can pay a (comparatively small) add-on price each month to get XM in their car, as opposed to paying the full fare to get Serius, over and above what, for many of us, is a multi-year, already-paid-for XM subscription contract. For prospective music-lovin' buyers who are on the fence, this could easily tip the scales to another ~~~ and as we all know, inferior!! ~~~~ brand.

vplaza

It's just not available directly from the factory with XM installed.

April

You can get the S-Line package on the '07.....

munkyboi

something that i probably would have done if it was available...

RS4saloondrivr

free scheduled maintenance is gone but can be purchased for $550.

the italian

I knew that and I decided to buy an 06 instead and luckly they had the color that I was looking for. There were two black ones left (MT and DSG) but mine doesn't have the GPS.
That's okay for me.

a402Curt

I just had to purchase a XM tuner online from someone other then Audi for around $125. Very simple to install on my 06. Expect it is the same with the 07.

A3pex

I guess it would (like any aftermarket device), but my point was that a lot of folks ~~ not on this board, of course! ~~ are swimming out there in the shallow end of the mainstream, and don't want to screw around with aftermarket electronics. It not being available as a factory option might be enough to at least encourage them to look elsewhere. I could be wrong, but I thought that when I fisrt read the story, it indicated that Audi wouldn't be supporting XM at all.

socalaudisocal

I considered an '06 as well for all the reasons you stated.

However, something about getting a 2nd-year model (at least it's 2nd year in USA) was attractive from a mechanical standpoint. You never know what they tweaked or improved based on DSG/Open Sky issues.

Also, the Sport package, now S-line, I believe has the convenience package you couldn't get before. And of course, the S-line trim is new for the 2.0T.

It's definitely cheaper to grab an '06.