hot hatch · germany · AWD · sedan

Audi S3

8Y · Current gen2022–presentCurrent

The reasonable RS3, except it isn't.

Reviewer consensus · across 3 reviewers

Reviewers strongly agree on its performance and handling, but split on fun to drive.

Performancestrong consensus
“This thing rips.” ▶ 16:44 TopherDrives
“we're at 328 horsepower now 295 torque” ▶ 0:40 TheSmokingTire
“This little S3 will break the 5-second barrier on 0 to 60.” ▶ 2:16 EverydayDriver
Handlingstrong consensus
“the days of the sort of super under steery Audi sports car are are kind of coming to an end cuz this car is amazingly neutral” ▶ 3:04 TheSmokingTire
“Just the chassis on this car is just incredible.” ▶ 16:38 TopherDrives
“I'm pleasantly surprised that how agile this is though this is very fun to drive it's very capable.” ▶ 10:19 EverydayDriver
Fun to drivesplit
“It doesn't have the personality so therefore this car is great for commuting and great for high-speed road trips.” ▶ 30:52 EverydayDriver
“I'm engaged by the driving experience.” ▶ 33:01 TopherDrives
“if you're really an expert level driver you may find this car a little impure and lacking in terms of that ultimate level of Fizz” ▶ 9:45 TheSmokingTire
Daily drivabilitystrong consensus
“in Comfort mode it was soft enough and then here we're in Dynamic but it's not super hard” ▶ 6:07 TheSmokingTire
“Once you're actually merged onto the highway, it's comfortable. I mean, this is fine.” ▶ 19:53 TopherDrives
“If your usages sitting in traffic and you need Dynamic cruise control and you'd like all of the nicity sitting in traffic requires well I'm going to say S3.” ▶ 31:14 EverydayDriver
Valuestrong consensus
“I don't see why you wouldn't pick this over a Golf R. I would. Every day of the week, I'm picking this over a Golf R.” ▶ 31:49 TopherDrives
“I think this is a fantastic balance between Sport Luxury space materials size price” ▶ 12:10 TheSmokingTire
“Everything else just feels like a notch above Volkswagen maybe it's too plasticky.” ▶ 22:25 EverydayDriver
Where reviewers split · Fun to drive
1 say · liveable“I'm engaged by the driving experience.”TopherDrives ▶
1 say · critical“It doesn't have the personality so therefore this car is great for commuting and great for high-speed road trips.”EverydayDriver ▶
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