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.

That's probably what Audi was hoping for while testing its new RS3 wearing S3 duds, but thanks to some ... as a precursor to the marque's ultra-hot hatch testing near the Nürburgring.

But Audi has been expanding the A3 global family upon which the S3 is based, and it intends to offer the performance-minded derivative as a three-door hatch, five-door hatch, four-door sedan and ...

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 facelifted Audi A3 and S3 hatch and sedan have been detailed for Australia with styling revisions, new technology, and more power for the S3 – but there’s a question mark over the fate of ...

We’ve never been too fond of the S3 in terms of outright engagement, but Audi hopes the adoption of the RS3’s clever torque splitter will change this. Much like in its Golf R relative ...

Carefully manipulated to fit in the space left between the practical A3 and the all-out, full-fat Audi RS3, the S3 has often been labelled with the automotive equivalent of middle-child syndrome.

Are you looking to buy a car but can't decide between a Audi RS3 or Mini 5D Hatch? Use our side by side comparison to help you make a decision. We compare design, practicality, price, features, engine ...

Are you looking to buy a car but can't decide between a Audi S3 or Bentley Bentayga? Use our side by side comparison to help you make a decision. We compare design, practicality, price, features, ...

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.