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Audi’s street scorcher ready for summer

523_The new Audi RS 3 Sportback
Audi RS3 Sportback

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16 February 2015

Audi RS3 Sportback
Audi RS3 Sportback costs £40k but is probably worth every penny

Audi RS 3 Sportback at a glance

  • All new second generation RS 3 Sportback available to order in the UK from March 2015 priced at £39,950 OTR – first customer deliveries in summer;
  • Most powerful production five-cylinder engine in Audi RS history with 367PS and 465Nm from 1,625rpm to 5,550rpm;
  • 0 – 62mph in 4.3 seconds – 0.3 seconds faster than the previous model – 155mph governed top speed can be raised to 174mph on request;
  • Lower weight, faster-shifting S tronic twin-clutch gearbox, faster-reacting quattro drive.

HOT-HATCH fans will be able to get their hands on the most powerful compact street scorcher of them all in the shape of Audi’s new 367PS RS 3 Sportback arriving in UK showrooms this summer.

Capable of snapping at the heels of exotica with its 4.3-second 0-62mph sprint time and potential top speed of up to 174mph, the new five-door, five-seat Sportback will still accommodate the school-run and weekly shop and weighs in at £39,950 OTR.

Based on the current World Car of the Year, it features the latest evolution of the evocative 2.5-litre five-cylinder TFSI, winner of the International Engine of the Year Award in the 2.0 to 2.5-litre category on no less than five consecutive occasions since 2010. Equally reassuringly, it shores up the extraordinary performance and handling produced by bringing these two elements together with the latest generation of quattro all-wheel-drive.

While electronically limited to 155mph, drivers looking for optimal performance can also specify an optional increase to 174mph while still returning a claimed 34.8mpg and correspondingly low to CO2 emissions of 189g/km.

A seven-speed S tronic twin-clutch transmission has been reworked to offer even faster shifts directs the power to the quattro permanent all-wheel drive system with its redesigned and lightened multi-plate clutch and torque vectoring capability.

Audi RS3 Sportback

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