Introducing the Audi S3 Sportback
Everyday usability with enhanced power and performance, the Audi S3 Sportback, also available in a Saloon version, takes the already excellent Audi A3 and turns the wick up in every aspect.
With five-doors as standard in the Sportback body, complemented by iconic Quattro all-wheel drive, the Audi S3 Sportback is a seriously practical car that offers exciting levels of high performance.
Design and Practicality
The Audi S3 Sportback takes the already excellent Audi A3 and improves its appearance in a more dynamic way, without making the affair garish, ensuring the end result is a sophisticated showcase of performance meeting practicality, usability and style.
Gloss black detailing, larger 19-inch alloy wheels with a diamond-turned finish and a more dynamic stance ensure the Audi S3 Sportback looks as well as it performs.
There is also a more than useful 325 litres of boot space, and with five doors as standard, the Audi S3 Sportback acts as a perfectly dynamic and practical hot hatchback, for those who do not want to sacrifice performance when looking for a family hatch.
Technology and Safety
The Audi S3 Sportback interior is a fine play to spend time, and features a digital instrument cluster and complementing digital infotainment touchscreen central display.
Drivers can select between four drive modes, which is called Audi Drive Select:
- Comfort - Provides a smooth and relaxed drive
- Auto - Adjusts setting automatically based on driving style, road conditions and speed
- Dynamic - The reason you probably opted for an S3; puts the car in its sportiest settings
- Individual - Customise various settings (suspension, steering etc.) to tailor your S3 to your preferred preferences
These modes allow the S3 Sportback to appear different, when the mood suits, allowing you to ensure high performance, yet also relax when required.
And being an Audi, items like Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and enhanced specification comes as standard with all S3 Sportback models, as does excellent safety technology, such as automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning. Features like Adaptive cruise control traffic sign recognition are also available with optional packs.
Engines and Performance
High performance, available in any weather. The Audi S3 Sportback joins a list of iconic cars to feature Audi's legendary all-wheel drive Quattro system, meaning the 306bhp of the Audi S3 Sportback can be used and enjoyed all-year round.
Quattro enables all four corners of the S3 Sportback are pinned to the road, enhancing stability, performance and safety, giving the car a comprehensively safe and confidence inspiring aura.
There is just the one excellent 5-cylinder petrol engine available in the S3 Sportback, comprising a 2.0-litre TFSI, producing 306bhp. This ensures 0 to 62mph takes just 4.8 seconds, which comes as standard with Quattro all-wheel drive and a 7-speed automatic transmission. It can also return up to 35mpg.
Thanks to Quattro all-wheel drive, the Audi S3 Sportback can be enjoyed in all seasons, allowing the performance to be truly utilised when the mood suits.
In everyday driving, this inspires confidence and the dynamic nature of the S3 Sportback shines through, whilst still keeping the everyday usability and practicality the foundation is famous for.
Quattro has a history of ensuring these high performance Audi models can excel where roads get tricky, whether it is due to weather or poor terrain. But even in dry weather, the chassis and Quattro system ensure the S3 Sportback feels planted, confident and safe, allowing you to enjoy each drive.
Test drive the Audi S3 Sportback
Sharp, refined, stylish and sophisticated with textbook practicality, complemented by exception high performance, the Audi S3 Sportback is quite the package if you are looking for a do-it-all hatchback or saloon.
To experience the Audi S3 Sportback yourself, and to discover if it could be the perfect car for you, please contact your preferred Stratstone Audi retailer.
