Launched in 2020, the current S3 is arguably the best of the lot.
The gen-four 8Y version of Audi’s S3 pocket rocket was available for order in the UK from August 2020 for deliveries in the latter part of that year.
The S3 proposition was simple: the practicality of a small hatch with the performance of a hot one.
Dynamically, S3s haven’t always appeared on the top of many ‘ultimate excitement’ lists, but if you were prepared to trade that off against dependability, safety and the potential to pack away long trips in a short time the 8Y S3 presented itself as a pretty good shout for a wide range of motoring applications from shopping trips to short-notice blasts to the ski slopes.
On the traditional basis of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ the 8Y stuck to the same turbocharged four-cylinder plus quattro Haldex all-wheel-drive recipe as its forebears.
Author's summary: Audi S3 8Y is a great used buy.