Audi S3

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4 production runs · 12 variants · 10 registers with powertrain counts · 4 sources

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Audi S3 on record.

Netherlands: 1999–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 1999–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 10% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Argentina Australia Canada Finland Israel Luxembourg Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom United States

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Production history, variants & sources

4 production runs · 12 variants · 10 registers with powertrain counts · 4 sources

Researched from the manufacturer's own pages and Wikipedia, with the sources listed.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/audi/s3/full

Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
1999	48
2000	67
2001	36
2002	24
2003	13
2004	4
2005	5
2006	7
2007	63
2008	57
2009	84
2010	34
2011	32
2012	12
2013	102
2014	392
2015	244
2016	189
2017	279
2018	138
2019	115
2020	89
2021	262
2022	123
2023	94
2024	54
2025	8
2026	4

Finland
1999	1
2006	1
2007	28
2008	19
2009	12
2010	6
2011	10
2012	9
2013	15
2014	78
2015	51
2016	47
2017	25
2018	37
2019	37
2020	35
2021	39
2022	20
2023	12
2024	10
2025	18
2026	4

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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{
  "id": "car/audi/s3",
  "name": "S3",
  "make": {
    "id": "audi",
    "name": "Audi"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "hatchback",
  "availability": [
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    "au",
    "ca",
    "ch",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "il",
    "lu",
    "my",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz",
    "th",
    "ua",
    "us"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "as",
    "eu",
    "na",
    "oc",
    "sa"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 3,
    "mass_decile": 1,
    "rarity": "common"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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