Comments on: 2007 Audi S3 review

By: lhuda.com

lhuda.com — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:45:03 +0000

waaaaaaaaw Audi s3 and rouge (( red )) wonderfull

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:03:16 +0000

Why are audi’s in Oz so expensive, the same S3 is South Africa is only around AUD 47k, or about 30 – 40% cheaper than in Oz. Sounds like you guys are getting seriously ripped off. For AUD 75k you’re looking at buying a RS4 in South Africa?

By: SteveR32

SteveR32 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:33:06 +0000

I am sure a person that would buy a “holden commodore SS V or Calais V” would not ever consider an S3. Just like a person buying an S3 would never consider a holden.

For what its worth – I wouldn’t be caught dead owning an SS-V Calais, regardless of any “bang for buck” equation.

By: Duck

Duck — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:22:08 +0000

^^^^Rather buy a Holden commodore SS V or Calais V

By: Duck

Duck — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:51:46 +0000

What a great hatch!!!! But it is quite expensive!

By: Liam

Liam — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:11:28 +0000

@David: In regards to VAG cars having underquoted performance stats, my wife’s 3dr GTI would attest to that. Twice now we’ve had her *standard* car run at dyno days where it has performed far greater than the quoted 147kW factory flywheel figure would indicate. Most stock GTIs are running high 120kWs-low 130kWs on Aussie dynos. First day for our GTI, in June this year, the car pulled 149kW *at the wheels* on a Dyno Dynamics dyno. Second dyno run was recently in Sydney at Mainline, where on a 31 degree day after a few hours on the Hume Hwy the car pulled 140kW. Obviously the car has more than 7kW in drivetrain loss. Quite a sweet little car is the ol’ girl’s GTI!

My drive is a 2004 Cooper S and I have been able to take an S3 out on my favourite test route. It was fan-bloody-tastic. You’d swear the Audi guys built this car with a Cooper S and GTI as the two main ingredients. The S3 has the steering feel and directness as the MINI (although not quite as sharp, but damn close) with the refined ride quality and turbo rush of the GTI, but better.

I was very impressed with then S3. Perhaps around town the $20K difference between it and a GTI is not so noticeable, but on a twisty road you hit paydirt big time. You can just be so damn agressive on turn in with the S3, the grip is superb.

A vast improvement over the previous model S3, which was no slouch either. Well done Audi, 5 thumbs up from this hot hatch fan!

By: William

William — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:03:48 +0000

How much is Audi offering to take it to the nearest cliff ?

By: Flying High

Flying High — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:18:18 +0000

Thanks for clearing tnat up Paul
cheers!

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:26:49 +0000

I’ve found that VAG cars tend to be very conservative with their performance stats – Any car i’ve tested (albeit roughly) or i’ve seen tested is always quicker than VAG companies (VW/Audi/Skoda etc) list.

By: Paul Maric

Paul Maric — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:22:52 +0000

Flying High:

Aside from equipment that uses GPS tracking, it’s not possible to obtain an entirely accurate 0-100km/h time. Unfortunately, our budget doesn’t stretch far enough to afford these often expensive devices (circa $10,000+ for a decent unit).

Although we do use a G-tech to measure 0-100km/h times, these are only used as an indication.

Just FYI though, when tested, the S3 was able to continuously achieve sub 6-second 0-100km/h times – according to the G-tech.