The Audi S3 has been refreshed for 2025, and with that refresh, it gets a few extra spices added to the recipe. That basic recipe starts with an already agile compact sedan in the A3 with a luxurious interior, and adding some sporty advancements to it – the result is plenty of comfort for the daily commute, and a little zing on the backroads over the weekend. But this year, we caught a couple of people from Audi referring to it as the RS-Lite and, to manage expectations, it’s incredibly rare you will hear an automaker compare a sporty version of a model to the high-performance version. But as well as some extra power, the S3 now has some RS technology added in just the right spot.
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