The 2025 Audi S3 adds real performance tech from the powerful RS3, but still swims in its A3 roots. By Nathan Adlen. Audi S3 . Audi. Mar 11, 2025 5:00 AM EDT Start the Conversation .

The 2025 Audi S3’s updates for the new model year were well-executed, and it looks like it’s a great compromise for those wanting more than what the A3 can offer but don’t want to spend ...

Audi says that one of the changes for 2025 was to bump up the torque load from a standing start, and while I'd need an old S3 to fully compare them side-by-side, there's undoubtedly a puppy-like ...

The S3's rear end now has the torque-split system that employs two clutch packs, as on the 400-hp five-cylinder RS3. Excitingly, this enables a sort of drift mode, which Audi calls Dynamic Plus ...

The S3 slots into the middle of Audi's entry-level sedan lineup. For 2025, the regular A3 starts at $38,200 (plus destination) and gets the automaker's familiar 2.0-liter TFSI turbocharged inline ...

Audi S3 Vs. Lexus IS 350 F SPORT The IS 350 F-Sport comes in Design trim at a reasonable $44,930, and if standing out is ...

Details for the U.S. are still pending, but elsewhere the updated S3 will extract 328 hp from a 2.0-liter turbo-4. The same engine in the current S3 makes 306 hp for models delivered to the U.S.

The 2025 Audi A3 starts at $39,495—up by $2600—but adds 15 pound-feet of torque and standard all-wheel drive.; The 2025 Audi S3 starts at $49,995, but the S3's turbo four-pot now makes 328 ...

Read our full 2015 Audi S3 review for pros, cons, pricing, and expert insights. Our editors test drive over 200 vehicles a year to help car shoppers pick the right vehicle for them.

Fast-forward 11 years and Audi is at it again, though in this go-around the engine has shrunk by more than half. The all-new 2015 S3, the first S-badged A3 to make it stateside, comes with VW ...

Right on cue, Audi swept in with something different. A new thing. A premium hot hatch: the S3. It approached the performance hatch from a classier, more mature angle. Big spoilers were replaced ...

Sometimes it seems like the Audi S3 is the forgotten child of Audi’s performance lineup. It’s a slightly strange offering: Hot-hatch performance in a premium-priced compact sport sedan. I’m ...