Accident Damaged Cars

Sell your damaged Audi A3

Two things push an A3 over the write-off line more often than the damage itself would suggest. The first is that the car shares the MQB and PQ35 platforms with Volkswagen models that cost less to insure but not less to repair, so parts pricing follows the premium badge. The second is that a large share of South African A3s are on the road as second-hand purchases in the R150,000 to R300,000 band, where an airbag replacement and a front-end rebuild will always exceed the value. Damaged A3s consequently reach the market in good mechanical order, which is exactly what makes them worth buying.

Get an offer on your Audi A3

Tell us what you have and send a few photos. We come back with an offer within 24 hours, collect anywhere in South Africa for free, and pay you on the day we collect.

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Which Audi A3 years we buy

Damaged A3 models from the 2004 8P, the 2013 8V and the 2020 8Y are all in scope, including S3 and RS3 derivatives and both the Sportback and sedan bodies.

Audi A3 derivatives we buy

We buy every Audi A3 derivative, petrol or diesel, manual or automatic. The ones we are asked about most often are:

  • A3 1.4 TFSI
  • A3 1.6 TDI
  • A3 2.0 TDI
  • A3 35 TFSI
  • A3 S3 quattro
  • A3 RS3

Damage we see on the Audi A3

Front-end collisions that deploy the dual-stage airbags and destroy the xenon or matrix LED units account for most A3 write-offs, with the lamps alone often exceeding a quarter of the car's value. DSG mechatronic failures and timing-chain damage on older 1.4 and 1.8 TFSI engines commonly accompany the accident damage, and hail on Highveld cars is a substantial secondary category.

Whether your Audi A3 has accident damage, flood or hail damage, a blown engine, or has been written off by an insurer as a Code 2, Code 3 or Code 4 vehicle, we will make you an offer. It does not need to run, and it does not need to be roadworthy.

Before you sell

See everything we buy from Audi, or read Code 2, 3 and 4 vehicles and write-offs explained if you are unsure how your vehicle has been coded.