This is Tech in the Car I am with Audi today driving the RS6 the R8 spider, the Q4 e-tron and
the e-tron GT but i want to give you some exciting news I've ordered a brand new Audi RS3 the 2022
model and I just want to quickly talk to you about it so this new RS3 model has 400 ps in the
USA it has 401 horsepower so slightly more power and 500 newton meters and I'm sitting in my own
RS3 right now as you probably can see here to talk about this video and I'm really excited for the
car it starts at 60 000 Euros for the sportback 62 000 for the Saloon i've been told to expect
it hopefully the end of the year; the first press cars will be due in november however due
to a computer chip shortage there may be delays for customer cars into the new year 2022 so we
have to wait and see if that's the case the car looks amazing I have to go for the saloon version
or sedan or limousine depending on what country you're in so let's just quickly talk about the
colors so there are some colors which come to the RS3 which haven't been on it before Kaylami green
and Kemora gray exclusive colors to the RS3 there's also turbo blue, python yellow metallic,
tango red, mythos black, glacier white metallic and daytona gray with a pearl effect there's no
ara blue like I have on my car right now which is a bit of a shame I like that so I have to decide
what i want to do as far as alloys go there's the five white spoke diamond cut wheels and then
there's the matte black five white spokes and then there's the 10-Y spokes which I don't like to look
up at all I'd probably go for the black ones I think that's what i'm gonna go for i haven't
decided on a color yet if you want to know more about the new RS3 then please check out my videos
on it i've done quite a few videos so check them out give this a like and subscribe to see my
journey with the new car and yeah really excited so I can't wait to get into it and see it soon
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 fitting as standard and this has been specifically developed
for the RS3 i'm sure it's going to go to many other Audi's 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
there is way more torque 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 and 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
complain 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 tin white spoke design
true racing design is also available with a 5y 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 light this light is meant to be
behind me and Kemora gray 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 gonna 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 diffuser 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 tailgate spoiler in carbon fiber and the rear spoiler on the sportback also
in carbon fiber sound! 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 gonna 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 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 is 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 but 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 spec that so you
can get even more control over the ride and the ceremony 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
audio 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 in 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 will be more
on the new RS3 soon including hopefully a drive of it! stay tuned stay safe everyone thank you