Drive the S3 in the dark, and it's a very upscale effect. This is a small Audi, but it's big inside. Loads of headroom even by big car standards. The rear seat is spacious, too, especially in the ...

RS3 gets an update for 2025► Revised torque splitter but no more power► Worth having over the S3? There’s a strict hierarchy in the hot hatch world, not least at Audi. The S3 has always been the rapid ...

The Audi S3’s engine gets a boost to 328 horsepower, up from 306 ponies in 2024, although torque remains the same. It also receives a torque-vectoring rear differential derived from the RS 3.

Audi Side Assist, rear cross traffic alert, Audi Connect PRIME & PLUS 6 Month Trial, Audi Virtual Cockpit, Power-Folding Heated Exterior Mirrors, driver's side auto-dimming feature, Interior ...

The rear door bins match the fronts ... A direct rival for the Audi S3 is the latest BMW M135, and we tested them against each other in 2024. In that test, the BMW wasn’t as fast as the Audi ...

Twenty-five years ago on some very nondescript, featureless roads around the Munich suburbs, we experienced Audi’s inaugural hot hatch: a buttercup yellow S3, with chrome mirrors, a set of flat ...

Activate the S3’s new Dynamic Plus mode and this system sends power to the outside rear-wheel for increased agility and a tendency to oversteer. Audi hasn’t stopped there with the mechanical ...

Some driver-assistance technologies have now filtered down from larger more expensive Audi models, and are standard fitment on the S3. Those include collision-avoidance assistance, lane-departure ...