2020 Audi S3 Saloon - The sweet spot of Power, Price and Looks !

This week I have spend a lot of time and covered over 800 miles in the new Audi S3 Saloon. For me, one of the best looking cars in the Audi range and with 310PS and 400Nm it has the performance to back that up.
The new interior makes the S3 a lovely place to be but is not without issues. Prices start from a touch under £37,000 make this a well priced and maybe more sensible choice compared to the RS3.
In this video I put the car through its paces in tight Cornish roads, long journeys on the motorway and up the pace on some fantastic Welsh B Roads.
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[@TheMore4less]

Having had a golf R, BMW m135i and now an A35 AMG , 300 odd horsepower and four wheel drive is definitely where it’s at with UK weather and roads..adjustable suspension is a must…..

[@mytrung]

Even a year later this is one of the few reviews that speaks to the rs3 vs s3 argument. I think the power is the RS is nice but I honestly feel liek the s3 would be enough for me and most

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 👍

[@pauln0371]

By far and away the best looking small saloon. Perfect size for our narrow roads too.

[@lewisdallas3895]

Love the new Audi’s, ordered a Navarra Blue S4 which is coming in March

[@maarten9844]

When did you order it? Z😜

[@lewisdallas3895]

@@maarten9844 your not going to believe this but it was October! Still awaiting confirmed build week but currently got a slot in week 16! Anticipation is building not sure I can wait till May!!! 😋

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@PhilbyFavourites]

Did the Europeans specify a year........

[@Account1746]

Can’t go wrong with the s3 saloon, all round winner

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed 👍

[@toobahjon]

I've had a '16 S3 in the States for about 2 years and love it. I feel like Audi tried too hard to "modernize" the 2020 model. The older style gear selector, as you mentioned, is so much nicer, and I think the number of fake and/or oversized grills has gone overboard.

[@lordyacht]

imo it’s a great car and my favourite Audi out now.

[@brianbelmont4100]

I have a 15 and so love it. I’m very disappointed in the revision. To fussy exterior and interior looks cheap and disconnected. What will I go to next. I’ll just keep my 15 S3 until the new BMW 2 series coupe comes out

[@xaviersariceable]

Once you drive it you'll fall in love... the ne one is everything the old one needed... it fast and stealthy...

[@DarkHelmet1976]

Agree about the fake vents, but I'm always confused by complaints about the gear selector. Why wouldn't someone prefer a smaller stalk that's less obtrusive?

[@LOUCABRASI]

@@xaviersariceable the old one was fast as well. I love the ilder look better myself, especially the front.

[@raybrock6083]

Nice to see an Audi back on the channel Mr Ped!

[@timmartin7468]

Evening everyone. 👋 Thanks Ped, great review based on a real world test rather than an afternoon taster. Shout out to Audi for supporting the channel. Mevagissey looks a picture.

[@alasdairwilson4806]

Nice car and a really good review.Actually managed to watch and comment within the two hour time slot this week.Amazing.

[@rubyandrenaetheminiatureda6988]

Good honest and comprehensive review as always Pete 👍👌.

[@richardsheldon7473]

Awesome vlog pete,stay safe,

[@kevinherbert9563]

Great review Ped. Keep them coming.

[@BMW7series251]

Hi Pete, love the Audi. Great review as usual.

[@markahomer]

That was a good review. Very balanced and answered all the issues a daily driver would raise.

[@coltoncleveringa8004]

Great review Sir Pete! That color is awesome! The thumb nail pic is nice. What a cool little blue car.

[@jackhurn6858]

Really enjoyed the new edit style for this video! Can imagine there was a lot of pre-planning involved, but it came out really well ☺️ Great review too! 👌🏼

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks for the feedback Jack. There was indeed a lot of planning 😂

[@robertnightingale4101]

Nice small Audi, great colour.

[@waynewilliams5434]

Lovely colour . Ive just bought the RS4 2020 in that colour . Turbo blue

[@dangreasley7934]

Wow, a real car review, great stuff, thanks.

[@lawrencegatt4515]

thanks for a great year 2020 happy Christmas . to u and your team .

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks Lawrence. And the same to you 👍

[@lorrainebeckett281]

Great shot in Mevagissey ! Really good that you could cover such a range of roads for the review . Lovely looking car apart from the gears as you said , looked both fun & comfortable on those long drives. Loved the colour too !

[@HawkMillFarm]

Liked new format 👍, good to see some colour on the road.

[@marktolley3582]

Love the new design

[@mcbiegel]

Keep on going Mate. Nice video. Love it

[@craigblakesley4397]

Cheers Ped, great review 👍

[@ajb08]

Great review, love the format, looks an awesome car. That gear selector is terrible !! Every car review should be done on Welsh roads. Keep up the fantastic content.

[@jamiep61]

I enjoyed watching the Video Review. I particularly like the Blue Paint Colour and the Interior looks nice as well

[@sh5581]

Agree the stuck on screen dash setup is awful but the previous version actually had a screen that automatically concealed itself in the dash when the car was switched off. That was neat, and no awful touch screen in sight!

[@garrymatthews4430]

Keep the reviews coming

[@libertywalkm3333]

10/10 - Fantastic Review!

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@Scott555ish]

Great review as ever Pete. Tempted to look at the previous gen Black edition in Sepang blue in Tunbridge now 🤔

[@martinmilne1]

Great review. Thanks

[@PetrolPed]

🙏🏻👍

[@crphoto303]

Sounds great! A perfect daily driver right there.

[@Amit_l92]

Liking the new S3. Great car 👌

[@carchaeology-uk6750]

Hi Ped, been looking forward to this since Wednesday and glad you made it down to Cornwall - even if only for a flying visit! The S3 looks great in that colour so looking forward to hearing how you got on with it

[@wilko51]

Great review. Seriously tempted by the new S3

[@PetrolPed]

It’s a great car 👌

[@Scott_McLeod]

good review Ped. Keep them coming!

[@PetrolPed]

Will do 👍

[@99adow]

Good show, thank you.

[@DamoDrives]

Really nice format of video 👏

[@TIM612826]

Nice to see Mevagissey again. This lock down sucks. Im gonna miss spanking my golf r for a while now!!! Great content as always mate 👍

[@rymers19]

Definitely a fan of the colour!

[@UKRYKERRIDER]

Hi Pete, I am no expert in film production but I think this one shows that you’ve upped your game, brilliant and well done sir! Seasons greetings to you all

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks Brian 🙏🏻

[@neilbarden9430]

Love the colour!

[@carllamb6711]

Hi Pete Great video mate. As you know I love Audi I’d love my SQ7 in that colour 👍👍👍👍👍

[@markkenton8420]

Great sounding engine 👍

[@jb1schoolofmotoring]

Shwmae!! I agree with the gear selector. Very odd design . A great car, loving the blue colour too!!!

[@WilliamStevens007]

Glorious colour.

[@kenmeale1692]

Love that colour.

[@nigeljames1109]

Another Audi fan boy here. I have a B5 RS4 and an SQ5. Great channel Pete !

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@footey7670]

Cool car Pete, I like the integrated screen and virtual dash too !! Agree on the shifter though, it’s just awful it’s a car not a video game controller .... but looks like a lot of fun to drive 👍🏻👏🏻

[@johnbrown3951]

Another great review. If I was to change my Disco or JCW the only car I would consider would be an Audi with Quattro but which one is the question. Thanks for the real world honest assesment.

[@stevesarahlaw5510]

Nice car, great review.

[@philipparkes5079]

Hi Ped Great review as always. You may have transferred your allegiance to Mini but you are still an Audi fan. Have to agree with most of your comments, great value car, dash now as it should be. Colour I prefer Navarro Blue, but that is personal. Well done my friend.👏👏

[@jimpryor9018]

Brilliantly edited video, thoroughly enjoyable to watch 👍🏼 Great car, but just couldn’t part with my Mini Roadster...

[@keithchambrs1505]

Nice colour

[@richardpiper4828]

Totally agree with your assessment and thinking. Beautiful car and a more sensible choice over the A4/A5 for most. I was toying with a TT as I love the styling and size but a big requirement for me is a panoramic sunroof which bridges the gap between a coupe and a roadster. I like to be able to take in the sun 365 days a year. S3 really quite a good albeit not obvious alternative. Much prefer the look of the saloon to the Sportback.

[@JohnErlebach]

I think your review is spot on, great design, great size, lovely to see the 'stuck on iPad' has gone (hate that idea), but as for that gear lever, what were they thinking?? Very nice video, thank you.

[@gingerbarry3831]

Almost Christmas 🎄 🥂🥳....great colour and lovely shape, better than the hatch

[@davidmarr4606]

Very nice looking car Peter, you nailed the fact that it's more a drivers car not a rocket ship and I kinda like that to. The turbo blue is a colour that grows on you. Well done great review cheers Dave from downunder DFDU 😎

[@dinky448]

I Will consider this one

[@cliftonmcintosh6193]

Nice one I want one 🚙👏🏿 you get some very good cars pp keep up the good work 🙏

[@BrettBarnesYT]

Great Review! Looks like a lovely car that :)

[@Jasonrm92]

Great review as always :) My previous car was a 2017 S3 Saloon and it was perfect for me to use as a daily driver to work. It had all the tools and plenty power. Quattro always helps especially when you live in Scotland and it rains daily! Only reason I got rid of it was I purchased a Porsche Cayman. I genuinely think the Saloons are perfect - not too big not too small.

[@stephenpeacock2627]

Agreed, still have my 2017 rs3 saloon, love the sounds and looks in ara blue. Wife’s s3 saloon is great and more power than you need 99% of the time.

[@evildiesel7850]

Spot on with your comment on the Matrix lights - a bit meh if you live and drive in metropolitan areas but a game changer in the boonies. What the RS gives over the S is the overall drama - at least with the pre OPF cars. Not just performance (which is wild) but the noise! It turns us all into animals!

[@paulmead8438]

Lovely car . Have a great weekend all,

[@coltoncleveringa8004]

I’ll try and you to!

[@adrianadams9317]

Hi Ped: Great video, another quality vehicle from Audi, colour amazing but would agree with your comments on the central console and gear stick, it doesn’t look right. Having said that, great car with a quality brand.

[@sevesellors2831]

Great looking car prefer it to the sports hatch. Wonderful review .

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 👍

[@edwardstewart298]

Really enjoyed the footage of driving along the twisty welsh roads, think the split screen method was very effective also

[@keithevans5667]

I like it.... my dad's Triumph Mettisse was that colour blue love it. And my mate has just rebuilt a TT quatro and its so nice ...a great video 😃

[@jameslynch6657]

It pops in blue!

[@id70b40]

Really enjoyed the new video format. I much prefer the S3 sedan styling over the hatch..... it’s a shame they don’t make an avant S3

[@lewishunter]

Great colour 👍

[@brianthetrain9283]

Love Audis period!

[@pipmeister2103]

Love an Audi. My choice of car whilst serving in Germany (apart from the odd BMW) you could also use the full power over there. Nice care & upload as per 👍🏻

[@johnneesham3465]

It is a stunning looking car👍

[@frankcampbell7876]

Love the colour but I need a hatch for my bike, keep up the good work

[@johnforbes4795]

I enjoyed your perspective on the Audi S3 Saloon. Honestly, I wish the U.S. imported the S3 Hatchback, but I agree, the S3 is a looker. Unfortunately, about a month ago, an apparently distracted driver tried to enter the passenger door on my 2016 VW Golf R with a large GMC Yukon SUV. The passenger comparted held up well, but my insurance company totaled the car and gave me a reasonable settlement, which I used to purchase a year-end 2023 Audi S3. Here in the States, the dealers were asking a $15,000 premium over MSRP for the 2024 AND the 2023 VW Golf R's they had in inventory. Meanwhile, the Audi dealer gave me a very nice deal on the December closeout sale of the S3, a fairly loaded Premium Plus model with a much nicer interior than the Golf R, the S3 has the adaptable suspension AND a no-cord ability for Apple Car Play. I will miss the 6-speed manual of my Golf R, but I love the S3 and my wife REALLY loves it.

[@andybarton6055]

Very nice car Pete, especially the colour. I liked your comment about the older you get the smaller car suits you. That explains at 63 I am riding around on an electric bike, whats next a pram.

[@darrenball1775]

Nice colour, nice car! I can see how driving the S8 around Megavissy would make you feel a touch twitchy!!!!

[@carllynch8798]

I had the first generation S3 back in 2003 !!

[@SavingSalvage]

I’ve always had the Sportback variant of the S3, but I went for the new saloon S3, looks better than the Sportback IMO.

[@JonesThePhysics]

Stop reading KZbin comments and get that RS4 engine built up 😏

[@SavingSalvage]

@@JonesThePhysics 😂

[@coops111s]

@@SavingSalvage I’m still waiting for S3 😩

[@allencurrie9452]

Great looking car 👍

[@vince-qb6su]

I want one NOW

[@garycarson8640]

Hi Pete, awesome car. A bit different to how you normally present long trip videos but think that it works. It allows you to do a more indepth look at the car while adding in the driving experience of the week

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@Rico1973]

No comment on ‘pulling off’ but I’m glad it’s ‘nice on the hole’!!! Great and honest review PP, good value for money is the S3 but I’m not sold on the new design yet over my current RS3. New RS3 has some big shoes to fill and at that price point I’d probably be out and consider the new Golf R if the looks grow on me. Cheers and have a great Christmas 🎄

[@danfreeney7656]

Great vid as usual Pete but it may be time to invest in a clip on mic for the in car shots as the audio isn’t great.

[@nigelcresswell3630]

Hi Pete nice car I wouldn’t say no to one.

[@daviddenley3512]

Nice car, lovely colour 👍

[@grahamwest1079]

Not an Audi fan except rally Quattro. Always interested in your reviews whatever the car though. Good news for Perez today.

[@nickjh1968]

Great review Pete. The only thing I don't understand is why the new S3 produces less power than the new Golf R, bizarre and to my mind the new model should be producing at least 350 ps. S3s are remarkable cars no question, I've had mine a year and a half now and never cease to be amazed by it's effortless capability.

[@darrenhyde7742]

Good honest review...do like the A3/S3 saloon, reminds me of the old S4 b7 for size...new ones are just getting to big now imo.

[@filipepaninho6558]

Looks very good... but is still a saloon! S3 is really a perfect sweetspot! Loved my 1998 A3 1.8T Sport ;)

[@JAYPCARS]

Beautiful colour 👍🏻 Love your reviews, one of the main reasons I bought my S4 B9 - you really are an “influencer” 👀😂

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@buzbygolf]

Lovely the colour, as you said to pay up to £50 000 for the rs when that s3 seems to be doing a adequate job !😊👍

[@nigelk780]

Totally agree s audis are where it’s at as perfect road cars. I have a saloon sline a3 previous shape as I prefer the interior. I’ve had two s3 and the first one remains one of my best cars owned.

[@jimhutton4352]

Lovely car ped

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@sandygarage3802]

Good review, great editing, everything on point & timed well👍👌. The nice & bright paintwork reminds me of Volvo's S60 polestar. The engine sound's good for a 4 cylinder👌. Any artificial speaker noise?

[@benmalo8720]

Love the colour, but I think I’d prefer the fastback, for the kids, dog etc.

[@jerrycansmashit9965]

Great content as always In 2021 you said e.v was on the cards I think you'll get an s3 and never regret...the infrastructure is going to dissapoint you all the time with the miles you put down on the road.

[@MiniEggs1999]

Totally with you. The best car I will never buy. Certainly with the previous gen there is a perfectness to the proportion that very few cars manage. Looks like it was designed by one man rather than corporate committee.