Audi RS 3 Sportback
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Performance
0-62mph/top speed
3.8 seconds/174mph
WHEN the automotive landscape is fully dominated by electric vehicles, there will be a handful of internal combustion engines that we’ll miss the most. And among the finest V12s and screaming flat sixes to be found in supercars and GTs, the five-cylinder turbocharged unit in the new Audi RS 3 – one of the most potent hot hatches ever – will deserve a place on that list.
Maximum power in this new RS 3 matches its predecessor, at 395bhp, but it reaches that figure 200rpm sooner, and continues all the way to 7,000rpm. Torque climbs 20Nm to 500Nm,
