First introduced in 1999, the Audi S3 was the forerunner of the modern premium hot hatchback. Combining all-wheel drive with a turbocharged engine, the S3 has inspired a number of imitators since.

Do you lust for the performance of a ‘hot hatch' but require something that wouldn't look out of place on a LinkedIn post? The 2025 Audi S3 and Mercedes-AMG CLA 35 are here for you, and they ...

While the Volkswagen GTI may define 'hot-hatch' stateside, the 2013 Audi S3 ups the ante, and it looks even tastier and forbidden up close. Alas, of all the not-for-U.S. models we see every year ...

In what's become a small pool of upscale performance four-doors, the latest iteration of the Audi S3 pulls onto the road with ...

“The S3 is all about understatement, but I think Audi was perhaps a little too restrained ... If you want maximum carrying capacity from your hot hatch, consider the Civic Type R or the ...

Audi pretty much invented the premium hot hatch with the first-generation Audi S3 back in 1999, effectively dropping in the running gear and engine from the Audi TT sports car into the A3.

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 ...

The Audi S3 2014 prices range from $23,650 for the basic trim level Hatchback S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI Quattro to $33,770 for the top of the range Convertible S3 2.0 TFSI Quattro. The Audi S3 2014 comes ...

“The S3 is all about understatement, but I think Audi was perhaps a little too restrained ... If you want maximum carrying capacity from your hot hatch, consider the Civic Type R or the ...

Yet despite its performance intent, the Audi S3 has never really been about ultimate ... to supercar slayers Contracted though the hot hatch market may be, there are still some great models ...

The S3 has been part of the Audi line-up for 25 years. And while the original was a three-door hatchback that eventually spawned five-door, saloon and even convertible variants, all versions have ...