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Driven: 2016 Audi S3 Limousine

Hello Petrolheads!   The next lines regard the car I have been daily driving for the last four months: Audi’s previous generation S3 Limousine. Having regularly driven the pre-facelift version with some frequency, and never having fallen in love with it – blame a lack of soul – wasn’t expecting much from the mild makeover. Yet, it reminds me of Merc’s facelift of its SLK R170: appearances can be deeply underwhelming! The 8V Generation was first released back in 2012, then only as a three-door hatchback, and only two years later the full range was available in the market, with the arrival of the Cabrio version complementing the three-door hatchback, five-door estate and this four-door Limousine. Being one of the key models in Audi’s range, the design was an evolution of the predecessor’s: understated, technological and very elegant – a true future classic. Audi didn’t feel like changing a proven formula, and that was the best option in my opinion (as the fussy latest-generation