Hot hatches were around long before this car. The S3 8L created the "premium hatch" segment - although some argue the Mk3 Golf VR6 was first. 210bhp (later 225bhp) and 4WD in a hatch was unheard of in 1999. This car shared the same underpinnings as the Mk4 R32.
Great video! This car needs more attention. It is only 5 - 10k € in europe Put in an extra 5 k of love and no one will notice it beeing a 20+ year old car. I have one and no one can sell me anything else.
Great Video, I m a proud owner one of these here in Germany, it's a amazing car. It's easily keep up with a golf 7 gti or megane rs or something like that. It s a very powerful design (because of the wide fenders) but it's very understatement in the same way.
I have one of these. They will easily make power with just a little hybrid turbo setup. When done this way they WILL wipe the floor all day with any GTi, Megane RS etc lol Very underrated car these are
@@matasgr9991 Ko4 23 hybrid, Bosch 550cc injectors, installing meth soon, have full 76mm exhaust, 80mm turbo intake pipe, bigger boost pipes and front mount. I need to retune and will make around 223kw/ 315bhp at least
One of my nemesis cars out on the road in South Africa in the early 2000`s... I had a 1995 Opel Kadett 200TS and always ended up scrapping with these when I came across one on the streets of Johannesburg...
