Welcome to Tech in the Car this is a brand new just unveiled 2022 Audi RS3 in
the sedan/saloon/limousine version the sportback version all the details including the USA coming
up! Let's start with the power we've got 294 kilowatts of power that's 400 horsepower in Europe
still no information about the performance edition hopefully that will be coming we do know there's
a 401 horsepower version coming to the USA in both the sudan and the sportback version
hopefully something like that will come to Europe but if you're in the US right now you're going to
be getting the fastest most powerful RS3 very very soon in terms of torque we're looking at
500 newton meters up 20 on my previous generation RS3 so more torque and it's available lower down
in the rev range as well because this torque is now available between 2 250 revs and 6500
revs it means that you get faster speeds quicker acceleration from the new rs3 we're talking 3.8
seconds to 60 miles an hour and then we've got a top speed if you have the dynamic package and the
de-restricted package which gives you up to 290 kilometers in that so that's the fastest the RS3
has ever been that's really really fast and what about that extra power the 400 ps is available
from 5600 rpm which is earlier than ever before up to 7500 let's not forget that beautiful five
cylinder inline five amazing sounding RS3 energy which i love and when i start my car every day it
gives me goosebumps that's amazing that's staying in the rs3 that's not going anywhere whatsoever
let's talk drift mode now i've shown some footage of the RS3 drifting around in my previous videos
don't forget to check out my previous videos if you haven't and give me a thumbs up a like and
subscribe for more but drift mode is now available with the RS torque splitter this is the first
audi car with this feature by default fitted as standard and this has been specifically developed
for the RS3 i'm sure it's going to go to many other Audi models over time but it was created
for that and it allows up to 1 750 newton meters to be delivered to each individual rear wheel
now that is way more talk than we have available in this car but it's showing the potential of this
technology in future audi models so i'm sure it's going to be coming down to there of course the RS3
comes with RS torque rear which is specifically designed for drifting on the RS3 and you saw it
drifting sideways around just like bmw in some of the earlier videos so that's a lot of fun
the RS torque splitter is not just about drifting it's a better performance this new RS3 has better
performance better traction better stability better in all kinds of weather conditions
it means that it's able to go around corners and handle more grip than ever
before and it's a huge improvement and we have perfect perfect handling this car apparently has
zero understeer and healthy oversteer so if you want to drive it no more issues people
complaining about not turning in exactly as you want it to this is meant to be amazing don't
forget that amazing sound again what about those wheels well those wheels are available in two
options the RS3 by standard is equipped with 19-inch cast wheels in the 10-Y-spoke design
true racing design is also available with a five wide spokes with rs branding and you'll also be
able to have Pirelli PZERO Trofeo R semi slicks for the first time from the factory on the RS3
there are two colors which are new to the RS3: Kylami green like this light is meant
to be behind me and Kemora grey which there hasn't been any footage of but i'm sure will look amazing
i'm sure you also have traditional colors but audi haven't spec those yet and showing us
what they're going to be what about the general design well of course you've seen this new black
mask as Audi calls it which accentuates the light and the wider grille but what if you want an
aluminium design well that's available too there is an aluminium package available for the new RS3
and it's available to accentuate the front bumper the fuse insert and the window trim
now i don't actually know what that's going to look like again no pictures yet we'll see is the
black better or is the aluminium better we'll see perhaps the coolest thing the new RS3 does
is the headlights obviously the headlights and the rear lights have these cool animations now
but the front matrix option will actually show RS3 spelled out in the light
at the front! how cool is that! what if you want carbon fiber? well of course it's carbon fiber
available why wouldn't there be in fact we've got carbon fiber available on the rocker panels
and obviously on the interior and we've got mirror caps you can have the tailgates
spoiler in carbon fiber and the rear edge spoiler on the sportback also in carbon fiber
well we talked about sound a bit but it's got a fully variable flap exhaust so it means it will
accentuate this out even more and give you more control over that amazing five-cylinder wobble
inside the car well inside the car of course it's going to look amazing both colors in the
design package which is available include green and red and both come with a 12 o'clock steering
wheel stripe which makes it look really sporty and full alcantara steering wheel is also available
and you can see the accents in the car which match depending on the design package the inside so in
the vents there's little green bits and also you can get it in red as well; of course if you have
that flat bottom steering wheel then if you want the assistance features then I'm sorry and this
slightly annoys me; you have to have a round steering wheel! why can't i have a flat bottom
steering wheel with assistance features like on my car? but anyway that's currently what the spec
is we have zinc paddle shifters as well behind the steering wheel so you have a really nice
feel when changing up gears at the front the car is 33 millimeters wider than the previous thing
you can see the vent behind the front wheel which looks incredible and then of course the whole car
is a lot stiffer and a lot more setup for better ride it's 25 millimeters lower than the A3 and the
S3 for even better ride of course you can get adaptive dampers too if you expect that so you
can get even more control over the ride and the ceiling has the RS button as well allowing you to
swap between the different options talking about the digital drivers display we've got the ability
to choose between three options in RS performance mode including the runway design that's the first
Audi that I've seen which gives you that much control so you can choose what you want there
and the new heads-up display also includes a traffic light shift light between green yellow
and red which will pop up on your windscreen as you're changing gears which is very cool to see!
What about availability the RS3 is available now mid July August I guess we'll have to see
what the dealers are doing 60 000 Euros or £50,900 for the sportback version 62 000 Euros or £51,900
for the sedan version that's pretty much the same price as the previous generation RS3 with a few of
the options specked up and it seems like the new RS3 is going to come pretty well spec'd out the
box as well so i think you might find these prices are very comparable to the previous generation
of car no prices obviously for the us or for the UK yet but those are the starting prices
in Germany! I hope you enjoyed this video please like please subscribe there'll be
more on the new RS3 including hopefully a drive of it! stay tuned stay safe everyone thank you!