The discourse may remain firmly fixed on EVs, and the market on SUVs, but shoppers looking for a traditional gasoline sport compact are spoiled for choice. From familiar names like the Subaru WRX and ...

At Circuit Parcmotor Castellolí outside of Barcelona, Audi has set up a tight chicane made from cones on the back straight, and every time I attack it in the 2025 RS3 I start cackling as I dive in, ...

Audi refreshed the RS3 lineup in the summer of 2024, and even though it didn’t add any ponies to the inline-five turbocharged engine under the hood, it still came with goodies for motorsports fans.

The phrase “become one with the car” is so overused in car reviews that I’ve always avoided using it on one of my own. While somewhat romantic, it’s a lazy way of summing up several thoughts and ...

The 2026 Audi RS3 is a rare breed: a subcompact sedan that prizes performance above all else. As the halo model of the A3 lineup, the RS3 brings track-ready performance in a commute-ready package.

The turbocharged Audi RS3 has never had the arsenal to take on the Mercedes-AMG A45 hot hatch... Until now. This is the 2022 Audi RS3. It is the performance pinnacle of Audi’s A3 compact hatch and ...

Lime Rock is an improbable gem, a charming 1.5-mile circuit built on a converted cornfield in bucolic northwest Connecticut. There are seven turns, strict noise regulations, no grandstands. Touring ...

In 2019 we published a buyer’s guide on the 8P model of Audi’s RS3 Sportback, a 340hp/332lb ft five-door hatch described – quite accurately as it turned out – by Audi as ‘a car built to deliver raw ...

Ziyad is a student, writer, and car enthusiast from Pakistan. His favorite topics to write about are cars, technology, movies, and gaming. Ziyad's love for cars has been expressed through writing ...

The Audi RS3’s legendary five-cylinder engine has about two years left to live. Audi is preparing a final RS3 GT edition before emissions rules and an EV-focused future close the book on the offbeat ...

This is the new Audi RS3, and it smells quantifiably better than the old RS3. As metrics for updates go, it certainly trumps ‘gets a new front/sounds better/is more oversteery than before’. Of course, ...