Everything on the Audi S3, for used buyers and research. 12 variants. Side-by-side specs, ANCAP safety, fuel economy, towing capacity, warranty and running costs. Specifications are sourced from Audi's original Australian brochures for this generation; new-car pricing is no longer shown as it is no longer sold new.
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Discontinued. The Audi S3 generations listed on this page are no longer sold new in Australia. Specifications are kept for reference and used-buyer research; pricing is no longer shown as it is not a current new-car offer.
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The 2016 Audi S3 Sedan quattro manual (pre-facelift 8V, MY2016) is a performance sedan sold in Australia, powered by a 2.0L turbocharged inline-4 petrol engine producing 210kW and 380Nm, sent through a 6-speed manual to all four wheels via quattro. Audi's official ADR 81/02 combined-cycle figure is 7.0L/100km with 162g/km CO2. 0-100km/h takes 5.4 seconds, with a top speed of 250km/h and a gross vehicle mass of 1,980kg.
Configure the S3 Sedan quattro manualThe 2017 Audi S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronic is an 8V-generation hot hatch sold in Australia, powered by a 2.0L turbocharged inline-4 petrol engine producing 213kW and 380Nm, sent through a 7-speed S tronic dual-clutch automatic to all four wheels via quattro. Audi's official ADR 81/02 combined-cycle figure is 6.6L/100km with 152g/km CO2. 0-100km/h takes 4.8 seconds, with a top speed of 250km/h.
Configure the S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronicThe 2017 Audi S3 Sedan 2.0 TFSI quattro manual is an 8V-generation performance sedan sold in Australia, powered by a 2.0L turbocharged inline-4 petrol engine producing 213kW and 380Nm, sent through a 6-speed manual to all four wheels via quattro. Audi's official ADR 81/02 combined-cycle figure is 7.1L/100km with 163g/km CO2. 0-100km/h takes 5.4 seconds, with a top speed of 250km/h.
Configure the S3 Sedan 2.0 TFSI quattro manualThe 8V S3 Sportback landed in Australia for model year 2014 with 206 kW and 380 Nm from a 2.0-litre turbo four, quattro all-wheel drive and a six-speed S tronic. Audi quoted 5.0 seconds to 100 km/h and a governed 250 km/h. It is generously equipped for a hot hatch of its era: front and rear parking sensors with a reversing camera and park assist, Audi drive select, MMI navigation plus with a 7-inch screen, a 10-speaker 180-watt system, heated and electrically adjustable Nappa leather sports seats, and 18-inch wheels on S-specific sport suspension.
Configure the S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronicThe model-year 2016 revision of the 8V S3 Sportback. Power is up 4 kW on the launch car at 210 kW, the torque band stretches slightly further, and it carries 10 kg more unladen weight, but the headline numbers hold: 5.0 seconds to 100 km/h, 250 km/h, 6.9 L/100km. Standard kit is deep for the class, with front and rear parking sensors plus a reversing camera and park assist, Audi drive select, MMI navigation plus, heated and electrically adjustable Nappa leather sports seats, and 18-inch alloys on S-specific sport suspension. Digital radio arrives here as a $600 option, which the 2013 car did not list at all.
Configure the S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronicThe 2016 Audi S3 Sedan quattro (pre-facelift 8V, MY2016) is a performance sedan sold in Australia, powered by a 2.0L turbocharged inline-4 petrol engine producing 210kW and 380Nm, sent through a 6-speed S tronic dual-clutch automatic to all four wheels via quattro. Audi's official ADR 81/02 combined-cycle figure is 6.9L/100km with 159g/km CO2. 0-100km/h takes 5.0 seconds, with a top speed of 250km/h and a gross vehicle mass of 2,010kg.
Configure the S3 Sedan quattro S tronicThe 2017 Audi S3 Sedan 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronic is an 8V-generation performance sedan sold in Australia, powered by a 2.0L turbocharged inline-4 petrol engine producing 213kW and 380Nm, sent through a 7-speed S tronic dual-clutch automatic to all four wheels via quattro. Audi's official ADR 81/02 combined-cycle figure is 6.5L/100km with 151g/km CO2. 0-100km/h takes 4.8 seconds, with a top speed of 250km/h.
Configure the S3 Sedan 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronicThe 2017 Audi S3 Cabriolet 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronic is an 8V-generation convertible performance model sold in Australia, powered by a 2.0L turbocharged inline-4 petrol engine producing 213kW and 380Nm, sent through a 7-speed S tronic dual-clutch automatic to all four wheels via quattro. Audi's official ADR 81/02 combined-cycle figure is 6.8L/100km with 156g/km CO2. 0-100km/h takes 5.3 seconds, with a top speed of 250km/h.
Configure the S3 Cabriolet 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronicThe 2017 Audi S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro manual is an 8V-generation hot hatch sold in Australia, powered by a 2.0L turbocharged inline-4 petrol engine producing 213kW and 380Nm, sent through a 6-speed manual transmission to all four wheels via quattro. Audi's official ADR 81/02 combined-cycle figure is 7.1L/100km with 163g/km CO2. 0-100km/h takes 5.4 seconds, with a top speed of 250km/h.
Configure the S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro manualThe six-speed manual S3 Sportback in model-year 2016 form. Audi's square-bracket figures give it 5.4 seconds to 100 km/h against the S tronic's 5.0, 7.0 L/100km against 6.9 and 162 g/km against 159, and it is 25 kg lighter unladen. The steering wheel is the same flat-bottomed leather item but Audi notes it comes without shift paddles on the manual. Everything else, from quattro to the Nappa leather sports seats, is shared with the automatic.
Configure the S3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro manualThe soft-top S3, and the only body in the 8V S3 range Audi never offered with a manual gearbox. It shares the 210 kW, 380 Nm 2.0-litre turbo four and quattro with the Sportback and Sedan, but carries 165 kg more unladen weight, so 0-100 km/h stretches from 5.0 seconds to 5.5 and consumption from 6.9 L/100km to 7.1. It gains an active roll-over protection system the fixed-roof cars do not have, and its standard sound system is a nine-speaker 140-watt setup rather than the Sportback's ten-speaker 180-watt one. Standard kit otherwise runs to Audi drive select, MMI navigation plus, a reversing camera with park assist, heated Nappa leather sports seats and 18-inch alloys.
Configure the S3 Cabriolet 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronicThe manual S3 Sportback, and the reason this document's square-bracket legend matters. Every headline figure differs from the S tronic car: 5.4 seconds to 100 km/h instead of 5.0, 7.0 L/100km instead of 6.9, 162 g/km instead of 159, and 20 kg less unladen weight. It also loses the shift paddles, which Audi spells out on the steering-wheel line. Everything else, from the quattro drivetrain to the Nappa leather sports seats and the 18-inch wheels, is shared with the automatic.
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