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 ...
The Audi RS3 is a bit of an oddball. It has 394 hp under the hood, a serious number for a car weighing around 3600 pounds. But that power comes from the last five-cylinder engine on the market, making ...
Chase Bierenkoven is a gearhead and writer based in Denver, Colorado. As the family lore goes, Chase's first word was "truck." Cars have been a problem ever since. By 16, Chase was spending his ...
The Audi RS3 has one of the most unique engines on the market. While most entry-level performance cars employ turbocharged four-cylinders, the RS3 has clung on to a turbo inline-five that produces a ...
HIGHS That uniquely noisy turbo-five, optional R-compound tires are transformative, rear-biased AWD allows some drifting. LOWS Superficial add-ons inflate the price, gearbox can be a beat slow to ...
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 ...
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.
News of the Audi RS3's demise may have been greatly exaggerated. The super-compact will be retiring Audi's beloved five-cylinder in Europe when Euro 7 regulations take hold next year, but the rest of ...
View post: Iconic Corvette Named Among the Greatest of All-Time — And You Know It the Moment You See It The Audi A3 has enthralled us with its fun-to-drive nature for almost three decades now. Over ...
The 2026 Audi RS3 and Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing offer staggering performance at sub-$70,000 pricing. We compare the two in interior, tech, warranty, and more. There’s nothing quite like tapping into ...
Could this be the sweet spot in the world of high-performance compacts? After spending a week with the Audi RS3 Sedan, that possibility kept resurfacing in my mind. For drivers left cold by today’s ...