Audi S3
If I were asked which car I particularly fancy from today’s line-up, I would have to pick the Audi S3. Not exactly today’s version, as I think they have spoiled its looks with the new grille, but one from three or four years ago.
It may seem a strangely conservative choice but my time of hungering after supercars is long gone; these days I think about cost and practicality as well as performance.
The thing about the Audi, apart from the reliability and solid build we have come to expect from the marque, is that it is so perfectly proportioned. To me, most modern designs look misshapen and more concerned with clever detail than overall impression, but the S3 is all of a piece, unfussy, thoroughly Germanic and well balanced.
It is no slouch in the performance stakes as well and everything adds up to a perfectly designed and sensible car. What more could one ask for?
And there is one more salient fact about the S3 that needs to be stated clearly and unashamedly: it looks absolutely fantastic in yellow!
Should be good to mention that the S3 will never be coming to the U.S. looking like that as that’s a typical Euro-styled car. Another nice hatch is the tuned up Focus (Euro version) that won’t make it over here either.
By Mike Rundle on September 9th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
True on both counts, Mike - I guess I’ll have to content myself with an A6 (far too big for my tastes but I’m going to have to get used to it). But it’s dreams we’re talking here, after all, and almost all of the cars mentioned in this blog will only ever be that to me!
America has made some dream cars too and I’ll be writing about them in the future. For instance, I’m probably the last guy left who mourns the disappearance of Studebaker…
By Clive on September 9th, 2006 at 5:36 pm