Audi Has Revised the RS3

Upgrade for the Audi RS 3: The Ingolstadt-based company has honed its compact sports car. The engine remains the same, but the design and driving dynamics control have been revised. 

Audi Sport has updated the RS 3. The Audi RS 3 facelift is available as a Sportback and a sedan. Visually, the Audi RS 3 now has a sportier look: The dominant element of the "powerfully designed front" is the hexagonal In addition, for the first time, three other daytime running light designs can be selected in the MMI touch display in combination with the Matrix LED headlights. The rear is dominated by an eye-catching diffuser. The RS-specific diffuser integrates a red reflector in the center Like the headlights, the rear lights also have a new design. The RS 3 comes standard with matte black 19-inch cast aluminum wheels. The motorsport-design wheels from the RS 3 Performance Edition are available as an option.

The interior, dominated by dark colors, features a new steering wheel, RS sport seats or bucket seats, carbon elements and sporty displays. The top and bottom of the steering wheel have been flattened for a sportier look. 

More Precise Tuning of the Chassis Control Systems

The Audi RS 3 Facelift basically adopts the drive technology of its direct predecessor. The Audi RS 3 relies on the 2.5-l TFSI engine from Audi Sport with 294 kW (400 hp) and a maximum torque of 500 Nm (368.86 lb-ft). This should enable the RS 3 to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 s; optionally up to a top speed of 290 km/h.

The basis for the optimized driving dynamics is the interaction of the torque splitter with its fully variable torque distribution between the rear wheels, the electronic stabilization control, the wheel-selective torque control (brake torque vectoring) and the adaptive dampers of the RS sports suspension Thanks to a further developed algorithm, they are now supposed to react even more sensitively to the respective driving situations. Among other things, the fine-tuning makes the RS 3 turn "willingly" into corners. It is said to be easier to initiate oversteer by means of the steering angle.

This is a partly automated translation of this German article.