2025 Audi RS 3 review - The 400hp, 5 cylinder thriller! | Autocar India

[@prateeksharma2360]

When every luxury car maker is moving towards downsizing, kudos to AUDI for making it a 5 cylinder unit

[@M4NA5]

It’s been like that for almost a decade now

[@bonjovi1354]

He doesn't know..just comments for like ​@@M4NA5

[@ac.bhartiya]

Still wait for a while. Audi is coming up with diesel engines.

[@MrDrone-qt6sw]

Lol still not even 😂

[@prateeksharma2360]

@@shah_dev9 also BMW is the first luxury car maker to move to a three cylinder unit in BMW X1

[@Aigle77]

Sporty bumper. Sporty rear. Modern tech's. Physical buttons inside. Powerful engine. Great looking car. Awesome Alloy's. This is what an enthusiast expects in a car. 🚗 BMW, Mercedes fanboy but routing this car to be the next big thing. 👏🏻 Great work Audi 👍🏻

[@rahulreddy2570]

Still the M2 gets the lead -Audi fan boy🙌

[@annenominous7220]

@@rahulreddy2570 not on the Ring, its a poor second to the RS3. not in bad weather, its a death trap in bad weather. not with people in the back seat, the M2 has pretend back seats, not in resell value, check out 10 year old RS3 vs M2... LOL. It does beat the RS3 in ONE area only, 30 to 70 time. from a dig it loses, it has a crappy interior, exterior looks meh. If they gave the M2 xdrive, now we are talking. But they don't. So get an RS3.

[@BertieJasokie]

RWD with more than 4 cylinders, like what a BMW 1 series used to be like.

[@janakpatel3848]

It is not RWD. They got it wrong. The car is primarily FWD only. It can send 50% of its torque to the rear wheels in some situations. All of that torque can go to one single rear wheel if needed but there is never a situation when the front axle is not getting at least half the power. The power distribution is always varying between 100:0 front to rear and 50:50 front to rear. Never 100% to the rear like the video claims. They clearly did not get their facts right and are spewing garbage out in front of the camera.

[@aldrinpabraham6932]

@@janakpatel3848 it has a new diff so the claim is true like with the golf r a45s etc

[@janakpatel3848]

@ the diff isnt new. This torque vectoring diff has been present on the pre-facelift RS3 the last two years and also on the Mk8 Golf R. VAG introduced this all the way back in 2022. A cousin works in the RS division in of Audi in Germany. He confirmed the same. I showed him this video and he literally fell off the chair laughing at the claims.

[@vishnusayekar1485]

Exhaust is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@fadlkabbara52]

Dear Autocar India, the car cannot be turned into a rear wheel drive. It can send the "rear" torque only 100% to either the left or the right rear wheel.

[@shuvronilsarkar774]

These Indian dudes are all talk no show, kinda car people

[@jewishmafiosiandganglord6930]

@@shuvronilsarkar774 And where are you from, Mr Sarkar ?

[@Gaurish_Patil]

Exhaust note : Nailed

[@neelendufogla]

Get it to India ! Pin size rocket ❤

[@Newbutold]

Audi getting back on track. Their S and RS are some of the best cars around.

[@gokufirepants6589]

feeling like audi is about to make a generational comeback

[@souravchoudhary1175]

The track portion of the video was the best in the whole video. Big hands for the camera crew❤❤

[@arnabmondal7085]

This is something that can be called as "sheer driving EXPERIENCE" 😉😉 IYKUK

[@MrDrone-qt6sw]

That for sure you never experienced ever with your Suzuki or Hyundai but still commenting 😂

[@arnabmondal7085]

@@MrDrone-qt6sw nice try diddy🤣

[@MrDrone-qt6sw]

@@arnabmondal7085 yeah this makes clear you own a cheap asssssssss car or no car at all 😅

[@MrDrone-qt6sw]

@@arnabmondal7085 nice try to snatch your non existent or cheapo car 😂🤣

[@arnabmondal7085]

@MrDrone-qt6sw you smell pungent bro:) ending this keyboard war coz I've got shit to do, cheers

[@seinsmeld13]

Great review. Hopefully this will be sold here in Canada which the current model is not.

[@ramborange5783]

will it make it's way to India?

[@vindevhunta4905]

Good looking car .. Can’t say that about most Bmws these days

[@Fredz_tfg]

Is this coming to India any time soon

[@taranshupattnaiktp3335]

I have seen RWD cars with a V8 engine mounted longitudinally. But how Audi managed to drive the rear wheels in RS3 with a transversely mounted engine rather than mounting it longitudinally?

[@gtsuryateja3905]

That's due to the RS Torque Splitter, Which will make it turn hard through the corners

[@Madeiniran420]

The new amg GLC 43 and/or 63 does it slightly differently also

[@matthewfitzgerald3875]

I can't believe a West East 5cyl car can preform like so much better than my 8v❤ my 8y so much

[@janakpatel3848]

They havnt. It is not RWD. They got it wrong. The car is primarily FWD only. It can send 50% of its torque to the rear wheels in some situations. All of that torque can go to one single rear wheel if needed but there is never a situation when the front axle is not getting at least half the power. The power distribution is always varying between 100:0 front to rear and 50:50 front to rear. Never 100% to the rear like the video claims. They clearly did not get their facts right and are spewing garbage out in front of the camera.

[@rajkumartiwari3747]

when it would be available in India?

[@DekiaryCarter]

Great review!!

[@chirantanmukherjee3541]

Love the engine sound. ❤

[@yajuurmiglani5463]

So is this coming to india then or not ? @autocar

[@vigneshganesh4347]

Is this car available in India??

[@vineedc1901]

Thank you so much for this drive episode. 👍🏼 Dreaming so much to get RS3 in india. Will the hatch version be lesser priced?

[@techniciansv8970]

Is this coming to india?(god i hope it does) Why has Autocar India posted a review??

[@autocarindia1]

Audi is 50-50 on it. Should they get it?

[@verdictvault16]

Without any doubt ​@@autocarindia1

[@abhijaiyt6220]

​@@autocarindia1 Definitely

[@phantom_77777]

Will this even come to India?

[@kushsaraogi]

Jay"s Face Reveals This is Definitely A Bomb . Not Signing the A45S AMG Cheq Atleast Till 2025. Wait Begins for the RS3. AUDI PLSE BRING THIS TO INDIA. 🙏🔥

[@vm-my6hg]

GAS GAS GAS ⛽ + 🏎️ ~ 🚀

[@DrogueNov]

is RHD legal in India

[@prateekashyap90]

Where is Gavin ?

[@gavin_drives]

👋🏻

[@anand_nair]

There’s something special about a green coloured car ! I wish mainstream guys offer them as an option on higher models A British racing green Slavia or virtus would look 🔥

[@autocarindia1]

Agreed!

[@MrDrone-qt6sw]

Only few like you may be 2 in 1 lakh users prefer thats the reason no oem even have them

[@anand_nair]

@@MrDrone-qt6sw may be yes. But atleast a made to order colour . If I’m not wrong Skoda had green colour in India I guess 🤔

[@MrDrone-qt6sw]

@ its pure business they dont give a crap 💩 about what few people like but they what more sells money 💰 my friend money 💰

[@anand_nair]

@@MrDrone-qt6sw true . I accept that . But if they had offered it there would have been no need to go to come custom shops for a paint job .

[@KarthikeyanSubbian]

RS 3 AVAILABLE INDIA?

[@janakpatel3848]

Please get your facts straight. Such an old and reputed automotive journalism magazine making such false claims openly is straight up embarrassing and SHAMEFUL. Not only does it show that you did not bother to do your research right but also the fact that you do not have a proper understanding of the very field that your job is to supposedly report about. Had this not been the case, the stupidity and lack of sound mechanical understanding about your own words be evident to you. The car can not go in RWD mode. It is primarily a front wheel drive car and the front wheels will always been driven by the engine unless both of them are in the air and the LSD locks up. The very layout of the engine and the crankshaft is a transverse layout. They are parallel to the front axle. And no, the new center diff can not send "100% of the torque to the rear" as claimed in the video. Only 50% of the available 500nm of torque can be sent to the rear axle at max. The system mostly shifts the torque split between 100:0 front to rear and 50:50 front to rear as per the needs. But never does it go beyond 50% to the rear. And that is not the specialness of this new diff. A 50:50 torque split is something that is very common on all HALDEX AWD systems. The special trick of the diff of the RS3 are the two clutch packs on the rear axle that control the toque split between the two rear wheels. When both are engaged, the 50% of the torque going to the rear axle gets equally divided between the two wheels. Essentially, each of the rear wheels is getting 25% of the total torque. However, in the Drift Mode, the clutchpack on the inside rear wheel disengages. This enables all the torque going to the rear axle to go to the outside rear wheel. This means that a 100% of the 50% torque going to the rear axle can go to a single rear wheel. NOT "100% of all the torque can go to a single rear wheel".

[@janakpatel3848]

I feel ashamed that so called "automotive journalists" from such a respected magazine would not even realize the stupidity they are uttering. Even of they had their basic fundamentals clear about a car's working, they would not have said something on camera that is soo ridiculously impossible in mechanical terms.

[@janakpatel3848]

Autocar India is becoming less and less a competent car magazine and more and more a mouth piece for corporate companies to pay and have their new products be advertised. Gone are the days of actual critique and genuine views about what a car is like and how it feels to drive. Now all Autocar India seems to be doing is reading off spec sheets, stating obviously apparent things about a car and blowing the horns with a pre approved script by a manufacturer.

[@chibhishamanagsha4245]

Engineering Explained mentioned!! 🗣🔥

[@banestock]

The problem why this car won't work in India is because of the extremely stiff suspension. It will be practically impossible to drive on Indian roads..

[@mohamedigjazkhan]

You'r absolutely right, Audi a3 would be perfect for Indian users

[@tims997p9]

I own a '23 sedan in the USA, just put the suspension in comfort mode... which I almost never do.

[@TheEryk03]

In comfort mode it's very comfortable.

[@rahulreddy2570]

How does it compete with the BMW M2?

[@akshaypatole6998]

India me launch hogi ya nahi

[@SattickDas2001]

DAZA DAZA DAZA DAZA 1000 HP 1000 HP 1000 HP 1000 HP.

[@nahihai]

i would buy this -- no joke

[@bhadreshrajani4212]

Mr jay don’t know how to drift 😂😂

[@Sybille332]

The super car is the S3 facelift 2024

[@Connect_with_Ved]

WoW❤

[@kingpin_davis]

I guess BMW M340i has a serious competitor in its way. which do you think is better in Engine Performance ? BMW B58 6 clyinder or Audi Legendary 5 cylinder ?

[@Krishna_W16]

The B10 S5 is going to be its competitor.

[@speeddemonRS3]

5 cylinder is better, and I have both engines in my two vehicles I own!

[@jugrajbhurjee5817]

Can't believe Autocar can post a video with such wrong facts lol... the RS3 can not be converted to Rear Wheel Drive. How can he make such a statement without researching? The RS3 cannot send 100% of the power to the Rear wheels and it can definitely not push 1750nm torque to a single wheel 😂😂😂😂😂 Hilarious 😂😂

[@rsyedfarhan5763]

Sedan RS3 available in India 🇮🇳

[@fanboy401]

Expect it to cost over 1.2 cr in India 😢

[@StirSir]

Audi 5 Cilindri

[@mananagarwal7002]

Haha

[@prithivrajvikki7716]

5 cylinder great move on....

[@chadultrapromax1735]

RS3 won't come to India. It's my personal favourite tbh and will probably be the first car i 'll buy if I end up being in Germany in the next year or two.

[@alistairluiz9032]

A dealership confirmed that rs3 is under consideration for 2025 when I enquired ,will mostly be cbu.

[@AnonymousPirate98]

Audi is the new BMW now 🎉

[@sophiaroychoudhury2997]

A lot different?😂

[@pranitdas72]

❤😊

[@simsonsam2482]

❤

[@robissonwillard7266]

Nice🇸🇦

[@aadityanaik6497]

rs3

[@MrSahilmag]

I wish a regular Indian can buy out of this tax structure ….for a Petrolheadz it’s lovely car to have in there garage for sure . Thanks to our lovely govt 😅 lead to watch the review only . And these toyz only For famous and rich !!

[@pranitdas72]

Should directly compete with the bmw z4

[@theraildynasty_]

It's better than the z4 in my opinion

[@shatakshimodi]

I think it competes with the c63 amg in my opinion

[@Krishna_W16]

The ttrs competes with the z4

[@alistairluiz9032]

It competes with the m2 , in terms of stats it beats the m2 on the nurbugring

[@TheEryk03]

​@@alistairluiz9032M2 is coupe. This is direct competitor for Series 1. But the most powerful Series 1 at the moment have 300 HP.

[@401kishor]

BMW M340i????

[@jhaabhishek]

Whats the point of this car in India with our shitty pot filled roads?

[@SuperImbadude]

People drive Lamborghini and Ferrari in India.

[@jhaabhishek]

@@SuperImbadude and regret it

[@seauryakumar]

What's the point of a low slung Lamborghini with beggars hounding you at every red light, animals roaming the highways and just plain visible poverty. People who buy such expensive cars are not real humans, they have blinders to protect them from reality

[@M4NA5]

Polo GTI -> Polo RS -> S3 -> RS3

[@alistairluiz9032]

More like golf gti , golf r , s3 , rs3.

[@M4NA5]

@@alistairluiz9032 Thanks, that’s what I wanted to say but had a brain fart.

[@alistairluiz9032]

@@M4NA5 no worries haha

[@seauryakumar]

​@@M4NA5you should get yourself checked out medically, you just made up a car (poloRS)

[@mr.nobody9646]

Rs3 is not a new car

[@seauryakumar]

There have been many versions or rather generations of it. This latest one might come to India

[@mahendra_akshaj]

Audi needs to change interiors and exteriors now ,looks boring

[@dogaredeemer2711]

just for notes - BYD Seal top model churns 513 BHP. cost ~55 lakh. this one would be ~1 cr+

[@chiragrao103]

The comment really tells who is a keyboard warrior and who has experienced driving different cars. Spec sheets never tell the whole story.

[@ankitanand676]

Byd seal is an underrated beast with 530hp under 60 lakhs is 🔥 Only thing people will miss is the sound of engines in sports car which is eargasm to hear. And everything else is top notch in seal , from exterior design to features and most importantly it does not look like a cost cut car

[@dogaredeemer2711]

@@chiragrao103 My replies got deleted lol.. Hope this one sticks. All i can say is yes experience matters... and the comment is made by a person who is third generation in transport industry and one who has fleet of beasts at disposal including a jaguar, volkswagen Jeep etc. Numbers always matter. And the one with price tag matters most

[@chiragrao103]

@@dogaredeemer2711 Numbers might tell a story but it's not necessary that the story is always true. An XUV700 has 200 hp and so does any sporty hatchback. Electric vehicles are in general heavier than ICE because of battery packs, also traditional sports car companies such as Audi etc have a lot of years of experience in R&D of handling and overall dynamics of the car which these new EV manufacturers lack. Drive an EV and a traditional sports car both and if you are even a bit of an enthusiast then the difference will be night and day. I know I may come as arrogant and gate keeper but there is literally no comparison between the two. It is just silly to compare cars with just the numbers.