Ah, but the Golf R adds a torque-vectoring rear differential that helps it achieve remarkable balance when cornering—the S3 is missing that trick rear hardware and understeers resolutely at the track. Still, it hangs on for 0.96 g of grip, and driven briskly on public roads, the S3 is responsive and rewarding. Steering effort levels are acceptable no matter the drive mode: neither too heavy in Dynamic nor too light in Comfort.
The driving position is excellent, and the S3's high-back bucket seats do a good job of holding you in place without being confining, although the headrests are not adjustable. In back, it's a fairly snug fit, although a six-footer can squeeze in behind a similar-size driver.The new S3 interior has lots of gloss-black trim and a fair bit of hard plastic—the visual panache comes from the aggressively angular design theme and the multiple screens. We like the highly configurable 12.
After gorging itself at the options buffet, our test car's $46,895 base price swelled to $56,840. That starting figure, though, is about the same as a Golf R. The VW is more powerful, sharper handling, and offers a manual. Maybe, though, you prefer the S3's upscale styling, superior ride, and less awful driver interface. Either way, good things come in small packages.
Audi Leave it to Car and Denier to describe a gas-burning, carbon emissions-spewing yestercar with four—count ‘em! four!—smokestacks as “satisfying.”
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