Paris Motor Show: Audi RS 3 Sedan Unveiled, Produces 405PS!

For performance car enthusiasts, the time has come to rejoice as Audi has unveiled the more powerful version of its A3, the RS 3 at the ongoing 2016 Paris Motor Show. Moreover, the German carmaker claims that the RS 3 is the most powerful saloon on earth featuring a five-cylinder engine. It generates a massive 405PS of power. 

Expected to go on sale in the UK by mid-2017, the powerful Audi gets the same engine as seen in the recently launched Audi TT RS (globally), but with some tuning. That said, the Audi RS 3 is powered by a 2.5-litre turbocharged engine which generates 360PS of power in the TT, but pumps out an additional 45PS in the RS saloon. Linked to a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox, this motor produces 480Nm of torque at 1700-5850rpm. With that power at hand, it convincingly dislodges its nearest rival, Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 which puts out 360PS. 

The Audi RS 3 can complete the 0-100 sprint in a mere 4.1 seconds, with electronically limited top speed of 250kmph. However, if your thirst for speed isn’t quenched with that top whack, you can get it upgraded too, to 280kmph, on request. 

The styling cues seen in the RS 3 give us the hint on how the facelifted Audi A3 will look like. It gets revised headlamp cluster, new hexagonal grille at the front and restyled tail lamps at the rear. Adding a dash of sportiness are bulging wheel arches, large air-intakes, cooling vents, front splitter, boot spoiler and power-screaming oval shaped dual exhausts. The car sits on 19-inch alloys. 

Will it be launched it India? Yes, for sure, but that’s likely by the end of the next year or early 2018.