The Audi RS3 is a proper performance car in a hatchback (or saloon) body. It offers staggering performance and grip, and the five-cylinder engine sounds wonderful. It's not cheap and some rivals ...

There’s a strict hierarchy in the hot hatch world, not least at Audi. The S3 has always been the rapid but sensible one, whereas the RS3 is there ... to celebrate. Quattro all-wheel-drive ...

“The updated RS3 is the best one yet ... 5cyl turbocharged petrol engine that drives all four wheels through Audi’s quattro system and the highly respectable A3 base that makes both the ...

Previous Audi RS3 models were noted for being quick, but not especially engaging to drive. The third-generation model changes that, its eye-popping acceleration now combined with involving handling.

emitting a nape-prickling howl that was part Ur-Quattro and part R8 V10, it also delivered a blistering turn of speed – in a similar Audi RS3 in streaming wet conditions I saw 0-60mph in 3.7sec. ‘ ...