S3 saloon configurator

[Adrian E]

I managed to spec an S3 saloon to £43k at lunchtime! I wonder if any will roll of the production line with a spec list that long.....

Has anyone seriously looked at these? It's reviewed in Autocar this week against a Porsche Cayman (why?!), BMW M235i and a Merc A45AMG. Once you've excluded the Porsche as an irrelevant comparison to most potential customers the S3 sits in the middle of the 3, which is probably what most people would expect from Autocar.

What really jumped out at me on the configurator is just how dull the choice of colours is! From memory there are 3 different choices of black, a 'fetching' brown option, flat red, or Monsoon Grey which is what I would choose.

[Adrian E]

matrignano said:

Which one wins, BMW or Merc?

You have to ask from Autocar lol

Porsche 1st (but I'm ignoring that as not relevant to most potential owners), then BMW, Audi, Merc

[Adrian E]

There's very little choice over interior trim colours in the saloon - if you pick the super sports seats it's basically black interior only!

I don't mind a bit of colour to the interior - my S8 has purple leather - but some options work better than others. Fox red in a white BMW looks naff, but loads of people spec it. I quite like that blue with red interior - it wouldn't put me off buying the car 2nd hand, that's for sure!