The price of the 2026 Audi RS3 is expected to start around $65,000. The RS3 starts at around $65,000, and few options are ...

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The stock RS3 is fitted with a turbocharged five-cylinder 2.5-liter engine producing 394 HP (294 kW / 400 PS) in Europe and 401 HP (299 kW / 407 PS) in the US.

Womp womp. Jerry Perez/Audi Jerry Perez Lastly, Audi hasn’t released final specs for the States-bound 2025 RS3 yet, but the 2024 sold here pumped out 401 horsepower and 369 lb-ft of torque.

Still, the new RS3 managed to outdo the previous RS3’s lap time at the Green Hell by seven seconds (7:40.748), and outperform a lightened Honda Civic Type R by 11 seconds (7:44.881).

In the case of the RS3 LMS, the bodies are built at Audi’s Ingolstadt plant, while race-tuned versions of the VW group’s EA888 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo are built in Györ, Hungary.

The Audi RS3 brings the brand's natural aggressivity to the track, as it never backs down from any race, no matter how outgunned, outpowered, or outcast it may be deemed. Five pistons, 2.5 liters ...

The gas-powered RS3 didn’t stand a chance in this drag race with the Audi e-tron’s instant, powerful acceleration from a standstill. The e-tron jumped out to an early lead and never gave it up ...