Citroen Xantia vs. Audi A 3

Hello! I have to tell you, yesterday I drove our company car again, an Audi A3 TDI (2 or 3 years old). I really wonder why this car sold so well. It has very uncomfortable and hard seats, springs bad, has a bad road position (at least compared to the Xantia) and has a very noisy diesel engine. Admittedly, my Xantia is already a number bigger, but at least 7 to 8 older and makes everything really better (except for the I used to drive a Peugeot Coupe with a diesel engine, which was much quieter than the Audi. How do you see it? Do you think I’m exaggerating? So, now you can stone me! Greetings J-P