Sportec announced a new tuning kit for Audi’s RS3 hatchback, turning an already hot car into something akin to lava! Read More… The standard RS3 comes with 340 hp from its five-cylinder turbo engine. What Sported did to it is add new stainless steel sport exhaust system, and remap the ECU. Those seemingly minor changes [...]

So far most of the comparison tests involving the BMW 1M Coupe was against the Porsche Cayman R. This time Tiff Needell puts the funny little Bimmer against the less exciting, less lovable Audi RS3. The Audi too has 340 hp and does 0 to 60 in slightly over 4.5 seconds. So it should be [...]

Audi RS3 and its 2.5 liter TFSI engine offers a pretty potent package. Still, MTM can turn it up to eleven. Read More… They provide a total 472 hp and 600 Nm of torque, which is huge for a car like the RS3. They’ve done it by adding a modified intercooler, high performance air filter, [...]

If you want over 400 hp in your car, the last kind of car you think of is a hatchback. Now ABT has made one with 470 hp! Read More… It is based on the Audi RS3 and you can order two different power packages for its 2.5 liter five-cylinder turbo engine. Stage one brings [...]

Audi has found a new way to market the new RS3 high performance hatchback by a free iPhone Game. Called the Asphalt Audi RS3, the app is available for free download and offers a test drive of the vehicle. Read More… Now, free stuff are usually terrible, but this application is made by GameLoft and [...]

Personally I’ve always preferred warm places to live so I can avoid the misery of cold weather and snowy and icy roads and all that. But Audi has found a good advantage in that, snow drifting! Even a front-wheel-drive car can easily powerslide on an icy surface, so predictably a poised and delicate four-wheel drive [...]

We waited too long for this one! But it’s here finally, the Audi RS3 Sportback. Designed to be the king of all hot hatches, the RS3 is powered by the same basic engine as Audi TT RS, a 2.5 liter five-cylinder turbo with 250 kW (340 hp) and 450 Nm (331.90 lb ft) of torque. [...]