2022 Audi S3 | MotorWeek Road Test
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- If you like the idea of a Volkswagen Golf R, but lead a little more luxury lifestyle, and want it in a true 4-door sedan package, look no further than the #Audi #S3. It may be Audi’s smallest sedan, but there’s nothing small about it when it comes to performance, style, technology, and comfort.
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Besides the S3 badge, it's quite a sleeper actually because most people that purchase small Audis normally get the base engines.
even the 2.0t in the a3 gets that thing to mid 5s 0-60 hehe they have that 2.0 perfected
@@AD-sp5cv yep, I remember how terrible the first gen ea888 was, now they’re so good. I have Q5 sportback, and it doesn’t feel like a four banger at all, so composed and quick
@@jackz4149 Right. First Gen motor was pretty terrible, reliability-wise. Especially that terrible timing chain guide issue.
I’ve heard these are quite good now. And getting this and the A4 to 60 in the low 5s. Pretty amazing.
@@Divine_Serpent_Geh some tested A4 at 4.9 sec, quite impressive. Audi just released RS3 pricing and I’m interested in the 5 banger now
@@jackz4149 Damn, that’s pretty nuts haha. Even entry level A4s are so quick now, it’s crazy. That said it’s really down to proper launch control and the new transmissions which are primarily geared for rapid low gear acceleration and incredibly fast shifts.
Wow that interior is 10x better than the old. This car surprises me. It's like a golf R but better in styling and a sedan.
That's the unfortunate comparison isn't it ?
@@layne4376 I would be interested because I was not a fan of the old screen that popped up. I don't doubt you because I know the way VW is headed. They have definitely cheapened their cars.
I'm impressed with how playful it looked going through the slalom, it looks extremely eager to rotate. Impressive for a FWD-biased AWD setup, seems like it was set-up very well.
I'm almost certain its a rear biased transverse AWD system.
@@sandiegoavgeek6 it is a transverse mounted engine as you mentioned, but aren’t they all fwd biased? Or, are you saying the Quattro system diverts more power to the rear at all times, making it rear drive biased? I did a little research and was not able to find out how Audi sets up the power balance front to rear.
@@jackchn23 it’s more rear biased if I remember correctly..
@@sandiegoavgeek6
The Audi A3/S3/RS3 use a Haldex AWD system that can send up to 50% of power to the rear, normally around 95/5 power split until traction loss.
The longitudinal models (particularly with the ZF-8HP) are different however as they use a center torsen differential with a typical 40/60 power split (rear biased) that depending on the model can send up to 85% or so of power to the rear of needed. My (C7) A6 3.0T Quattro has the torsen setup with a rear-bias, and it drives very differently from Haldex systems.
@@CrazyWeeMonkey To me, thats odd to hear, and I'd be wrong obviously but can't haldex send 100% to one rear wheel like SH-AWD can?
2022 Audi S3 understated exterior = stealth mode driving ... Audi interior looks good, well appointed & comfortable ... Slainte' ! Cheers !
This car looks great, as are most Audis. Too bad the trunk space is tiny.
it did 4.3 0-60 with winter tires
306hp/295ft.lbs is impressive from a 2.0L Turbo 4-cylinder! Very impressive power.
In comparison, the 3.0L Supercharged V-6 in my A6 makes 333hp/325ft.lbs.
Your A6 could make much more HP if tuned to do so. They don’t stress it like the 4banger
@@shinedownfly true because alot of v8s aren't as aggressively tuned as alot of v6s due to things like emissions etc etc.
Damn this thing is quick
I think I’d like to have one of these.
I wish someone would review the "base" S3 on the 18's and non-adaptive suspension.
Looks to be quite a great all rounder!! If this car was offered with a manual transmission, I'd be buying one in a year.
Golf R
I love the new interior but wish we had the option to get the hatchback here in NA. Also super bummed we don’t get the RS3 anymore
The RS3 is coming. I'm placing my order this week
@@scottyk329 Are you in North America? Because I didn't think we were getting it at all
@@ChrisHsuCars Yes. Pennsylvania. All dealers in my area are now taking orders and you can now build on on Audi USA website. Unfortunately it'll be a 6 to 12 month wait from time of orderI was told .
nice interior
MotorWeek...never really critical of any car. [I do like the S3...this isn't a comment specific to this particular video]
Wish motor week would review the 230i. It gets completely ignored for being under the m240i but it is essentially a completely different car. RWD, 4cyl turbo, and over 300lbs off the nose of the car. It should be appreciated more.
Man I love Audi! Just like Porsche’s they have amazing beautiful cars!👌🥰👍♥️
When the S3 could be ordered as a 3 door hatch, it really was a hot hatch. As a 5 door, it's just a shrunken estate. I bought a new 2007 S3 with 3 door for £27,000 and it was a fabulous car. Now, it's heavier, too expensive and not so hot. The engine is great. That hasn't changed.
I'll be looking to replace my 2019 Subaru STI in a year or two and the Audi S3 is the top of my list. Just seems like a fun but grown up performance car that can be driven year round with little compromise in terms of comfort, performance or usability.
These 2.0t are no joke.. My friends TTS is the same pretty much and he gets 3.9 0 -60 stock with summer tires of course... INSANE for a 2.0t I4
@@AD-sp5cv Is it tuned? C&D has 4.2 for the TTS, or is it a RS?
@@garys2157 it’s stock and it’s the tts That’s what his Solo dl thing got one time only. It’s usually always 4.2-4.4 very consistent beats my 2017 Macan gts every time lol but if he doesn’t use launch control and I don’t I get him
@@AD-sp5cv Ok, the consistent times seem about right, the other one was like a perfect unicorn time.
@@garys2157 Im sure the ttrs could get 3.4 as its unicorn time lol the 2.5 is my dream.. Im sad tho i just ordered a model y performance and trading in the macan :( im doing travel nursing and feel guilty putting all these miles and premium gas in the porsche. Im no tesla fanboy but 3.4 seconds 0-60 is gonna be addicting and autopilot cool for those long straight desert drives that i despise lol
remember, the golf R gets a manual and that easily makes up for all the short comings
It isn't exactly a "quattro" it has VW's Haldex system.
A new car thats actually good looking with an interior I like, not many of those these days.
4.3s and 12.9 @ 109 mph is quick!!
Yep, but I would like to see how it stops with non-winter tires. 129' is a bit too long.
Great Car big sleeper car .
Dream car. Luxury sleeper 🔥
Glad AUDI is designing better cool looking Dash Designs and integrating the screen instead of it being SuperGlued on top of the Dash!...Hopefully other automakers follow.
Sweet 3
In 1997 Audi fired all its designers and replaced them with carbon paper, and nobody noticed.
This fully loaded or Genesis G70 3.3T!?!?!?!(both the same price) can't decide
This is faster, more nimble, DCT.
THE AUDI DESIGN IS UN-MATCHED😉‼️
They would sell more with a buttery 6 speed manual.
Having less gears would affect its acceleration. It would take longer to reach 60mph from a standstill. Look at the Subaru WRX STI; It cannot compete with this car with its 6 speed. There is no human hand that can shift a 6 speed fast enough to keep up with modern 7 or 8 speed automatics. The Rs3 should have been released with an 8 speed dual clutch auto. It's uncharacteristic of a car in this class to come with less than 8 gears. Look at the Volvo S60 and Mercedes C class.
Strong accel times
winter tires???
Yep, we seem to get at least one car every spring with winter tires still on...
@@Motorweek Is there a reason y'all weren't able to change them to what the factory would typically have? So that the testing is more accurate or closer to what the buyer experience will be?
We only have the car loaned for a short time and would lose days of testing if we had to get the tires changed. Sometimes you have to roll with it but that's why we are transparent in our road test.
@@Motorweek OK, I'm not trolling I was just curious I knew there was a good reason, thanks for responding, thanks for all that you do and thanks for the honesty and giving those details in the episode... can't wait for the next retro review 🙏🏽
No worries! I just checked our schedule and this was actually filmed in mid-February so not super odd for it to have winter tires. We have been getting a fair bit of snow here during winter lately. Thanks for watching our Retro Reviews!!
They did away with the pointless flat-spot steering wheel. Finally. Most will tell you that those "give you more leg room", but could never explain how that was "out the window" when you...... turn it.
I think that will be reserved for the RS3.
Just don't turn it too far..😅
Thought it was a Hyundai at first.
Great car, but the fake honeycomb vents on the rear look tacky, like something you'd see on a Kia.
Interior is tacky as well (except seats). The center console looks like a cheap toy. VW group is cutting costs to pay for lawsuits.
Nice, but a bit small and more of a weekend getaway car. Plus, this and other German cars hav too to many settings. Just OverKill.. lol - Stay Safe, Be Safe!!!!
So sad America doesn't get the hatchback.
Meh, we get the golf R still.
@@barsaf9989 Yes but the A3 hatchback is just so much sexier than the Golf.
@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 agreed.
Man, it's crazy what times car are pulling nowadays. I call bs... Everybody underrating their numbers lol
they are lol This is been going on since forever even the gentleman's agreement of the late 80s early 90s
I remember when anything under 5 seconds 0 to 60 was bonafide supercar territory
All sedans should be liftbacks.
Looks like a Jetta
A fancy VW Polo. Can't see paying for that.
No manual = no way
A BMW M2 instead please.
This thing is V8 fast
VAG 4 cylinder engine are awesome. There will be more 4 cylinder engines, until EV take over.
Compete with bmw m240i nissan 400z
Non-adjustable head rests mean lots of neck fatigue over time. A total deal killer for the S3 & S4 in my humble opinion. That and the Hyundai-like looks for the S3. Performance is outstanding, I'm guessing the S3 is under-rated from the factory, probably makes about 330hp or so.
lol..that's because Hyundai designers have been copying Audi exterior design/language for years now!
@@jrex3575 Maybe because the Hyundai and Genesis designers were former Audi designers.
This or Genisis G70 that makes like 360hp. Same price when fully loaded!?!?!?
Will Mason-Dixon ever fully replace their shitty track? Looks like your typical PA roads: Drive on at your own risk of death.
Why bother, just go with Honda type R and avoid the headache of poor reliability. You get a better proven 2.0 engine👌👍
perhaps but there are many who dont care for the Civic Type R that screams look-at-me more than a Somalian pirate and ya that funky wing thing!
@@jrex3575 haha it is excessive. I would think the Audi would definitely be a gamble with cost. Otherwise everyone and their mother would be driving Audis
Is the engine better proven? The EA888 has been around much longer. I was running high 10's with a hybrid turbo and E85 in my old S3 and it never skipped a beat.
@@cjcavanagh6130 how about the typical carbon build up? I run from this got no time for this. Got ladies to meet, places to see and money to collect. Simple & Reliable for a happy relaxing l life
Not civil.. it's Accord Type R is coming
Golf R is faster, has more room and is cheaper. What's the point of S3?
Better interior and badge
@@thebetterjetstreamchad3130 Try again. The rear window ledge trims in the S3 are the same hard plastics as in the Golf R. Audis aren't what they are used to be.
@@KP-xi4bj I don’t care about the back the front seats are great though no bullshit touch sensitive wack controls that will get me killed because I have to look at them instead of the road
@@thebetterjetstreamchad3130 You're missing the point. The interior of the S3 isn't all that better than the Golf R while the Golf R is faster and better handling for less money.
FYI, Golf R owners have reported they got used to the touch sensitive controls.
@@KP-xi4bj And if you watch videos. That's why professional drivers use the S3 Diff over the Golf diff, because that rear outer wheel going different speeds than the other is more unpredictable and easier to spin out.. so if your getting the vehical for winter driving the S3 with the Haldex Quattro is actully a better choice, more predictable
Wow...impressive! The S3 is now officially better than the S4. Makes getting the S4 pointless, UNLESS, fanboy nature and 6 cyl sound, are the reasons for it
Some also want a little more space and value the longitudinal/RWD bias over the haldex system. In any event, this is an attractive package IMHO.
@@PKmode thought the A4 had a haulex, I wasn't aware it was rear bias
@@JDMHaze the new A4 with Quattro ultra is not haldex but is also not rear bias. That's not the case with the S4. S4 is 40f/60r spilt (but variable based on conditions).
I dont need to get anywhere that fast. I'd save 10-15 K and buy the new Acura Integra with a 6 speed. Great looking and way more reliable than anything German
I think you're the first to say the new Integra is good looking. Looks just like an updated ILX.
So then buy the A3 and save the money? Sounds like you're just trying to troll with a comment like that.
@@cjcavanagh6130 someone cant read.
@@mediocreman2 funky rear what I saw of it but good looking to me plus it's a hatchback.
That said I probably wont buy one I have my sights set on a new RXD. Maybe after things get back to normal if they ever do.
I don’t think people would cross shop an S3 with an Integra.
It looks like a Hyundai Sonata 😂🤣😂
REALLY looks like a Hyundai.
True, but it’s actually the other way around.
People simply aren't buying this car in the numbers that Audi wants or that Motorweek represents in this ADVERTISEMENT.
The #1-selling vehicle in Europe is America's Tesla Model 3. It's one of the USA's best-selling cars too. That alone tells you that Audi is simply not making what people want to buy.
The $56,000 mid-spec Tesla Model 3 has much better brakes, faster acceleration, and larger interior space (not to mention the usual other BEV advantages such as lower running costs)
(The top-spec Tesla Model 3 is of course, better than that)
28MPG on Premium gasoline is not "good" - it's expensive. The S3 has a 14.5U.S. gal tank. So it only has a range of 406 miles before you have to fill it up!!! Which at $4.40 a gallon is $64 every 406 miles!!!!
It's interesting (as in, suspicious) that you were able to handily beat the manufacturer's 4.5sec 0-60 acceleration figure, on winter tires that are "so bad" they contributed to a 129ft. 60-0 stopping distance. 129ft. is beaten by almost every other vehicle you've tested this year!!! Including massive SUVs and cheap econoboxes.
Lol ok . Have fun running out of electric on a road trip or when the power grid is down for a week . WEIRD comparison .
@@nixaeagle141 True. I'd drive an ev, when they get at least 500 miles, real world range and can charge quickly.
Audi's A3 is their UPSCALE HONDA CIVIC LOL, for which I don't understand b/c of the A4... THEY should get rid of the A3/S3, KEEP THE RS3 & focus on the A4, S or make an RS for the 4. it just doesn't make any sense, even ACURA got rid of the ILX, THEIR UPSCALE CIVIC LOL
No they didn't. That's what the new Integra is.
It's really just an expensive Volkswagen.
As are all Audis. And Bentleys. And Porsches.
Volkswagen shitbox but you get to pay Audi labor and parts prices
This is true. Look up the prices on parts, like brakes. OMG. $1200 for front brakes vs. $400 for GM.
Sorry but giving it a Lexus grill won’t give it Lexus reliability.
Think Audi was doing the big grill first, Lexus copied it and made it bigger and ugly.
Yeah Lexus is known for always copying others' work, but then making it more reliable and super boring to drive. LFA excluded.
Would sooner buy a Model 3 over this for about the same money.
🤣🤣🤣
To bad we don't get the 5 door versions here, then that would be a fun car for traveling