The Audi S3 was updated for the 2025 model year, with some impressive performance changes from last year's model.

The Audi S3 was last redesigned in 2022, and this year, it gets a fairly comprehensive midstream makeover. Not that you can tell by looking. From the outside, changes to the 2025 Audi S3 are ...

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.

stack up the new A3 and S3 side by side, or compare them with their prior-generation 2020 counterparts (both cars skipped the 2021 model year). Related: 2022 Audi A3, S3 Quick Spin: Transmission ...

VERDICT Audi updated the S3 with extra power and a trick new rear differential and the result is an even more entertaining small sports sedan.

The Audi S3 was last redesigned in 2022, and this year, it gets a fairly comprehensive midstream makeover. Not that you can tell by looking. From the outside, changes to the 2025 Audi S3 are ...

The verdict: Though it’s more expensive than ever, the updated and feature-rich 2025 Audi A3 and S3 make ... we’ll get to the medium-hot S3 in a bit — some new equipment standardization ...