INGOLSTADT: With the upgrade, the Audi RS 3 compact top model becomes even sportier with an expressive front and eye-catching diffuser, carbon details, RS bucket seats, and flat-top and flat-bottom steering wheel.
This is visible at first glance: The strong lines at the front, the wheels in motorsport design, and the RS bucket seats visually enhance the dynamics, acoustically underscored by the deep-throated roar of the five-cylinder engine with its signature firing sequence.
Its also the fastest in its class: lap record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in 7:33.123 minutes.
The 2.5 TFSI, combined with the optimized chassis setup and new tires, propels the RS 3 around corners even more spiritedly.
The new lap record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife confirms this.
The 12.3-inch Audi virtual cockpit plus with Sport, Performance, and Runway views was already standard.
In Runway mode, speed is visualized in reverse order, with the highest revs in the foreground and idling speed in the background.
These features are now joined by the new rev counter, which prominently displays the revolutions per minute in the center of the instrument cluster.
In addition, there are displays for power output, torque, g-forces, acceleration, and lap times.
In manual transmission mode, the RS-specific blinking shift indicator changes the rpm display from green to yellow to red, motorsports-style, to indicate the ideal time to change gears.
On top of this, the temperature ranges of coolant, torque splitter, brakes, engine oil and transmission oil are shown in color on the 10.1-inch touch display in the instrument panel.
Optionally, tire pressures can also be displayed.
The Audi RS 3 is powered by the legendary 2.5 TFSI engine from Audi Sport with 294 kW (400 PS) and maximum torque of 500 Newton meters.
This means the RS 3 accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds and can reach a top speed of 290 km/h.
Numerous motorsport successes make the award-winning five-cylinder engine one of the most evocative at Audi.
In particular this is due to its unique sound, which is based on the signature 1-2-4-5-3 firing sequence.
Adjacent and non-adjacent cylinders fire alternately providing a forceful rhythm and character, suitably orchestrated by the twin RS exhaust system with variable flap control.
Press the red-ringed engine start/stop button, and the throaty sound of the five-cylinder engine rings out – more voluminous and even more distinctive in the Audi drive select modes dynamic, RS Performance, and RS Torque Rear.
In addition, the exhaust flap control was optimized in the rpm range between 2,200 and 3,500 revolutions.
In this way, the five-cylinder generates a consistent and fuller-bodied sound no matter which mode is selected.
Audi Sport thus enhances the emotional driving experience in the top model of the A3 family – especially in conjunction with the optional RS Sport exhaust system.
The new RS 3 Sportback and Sedan manufactured at the Audi plant in Ingolstadt, will be at dealers from October and available to order from the end of August.
