2022 Audi RS3: It's no hot hatch... it's a Hyper Hatch!

Excellent review and I would go for the Audi over the Mercedes but you are right in that the finish and quality of materials inside has taken a backward step compared to the previous A3.

I have both

A45 easily the better daily and RS3 the car you want (tuned on E85) to eat nearly any car on the road. I have to Wavetrac LSD’s in my DAZA and was a massive improvement in corner handling

Hot hatches nowadays are costs around supercar level.

Light colored seats please. Too hot in the States during the summer with a dark interior. Why can’t we have the hatchback too? Not fair.

Will always go for the Audi 😍🤩😍🤩

A hatch... 🤮

Lol the GR Yaris would be all over this overpriced German and its half the price!!
Drove them both, got the GR thanks, yeah the RS has the nicer cabin but Not worth the 30000 difference, keep that thanks and upgrade my GR!!!

I don’t think the RS3 really even competes with the AMG in the states. For one, we don’t even get the hatch version in North America. The RS3 mainly competes against the M2, M240i, S4 etc here.

As evidence, I’m trading in my M2 Competition for a new RS3 in about 3 weeks when it finally arrives. And when I got my M2, the only other car I considered at the time was the RS3. I’ve never even looked up the numbers on the AMG cuz I wouldn’t get a 4 cylinder, and I wouldn’t get a hatch

Wait till you're paying 2M+ for it.

I'd pick the Audi. Unfortunately the 2022 RS3 is not available here in Canada. I own a 2019 RS3 and was going to buy a new however can't because it is not sold here. What a shame......

Awesome car and review. Odd question, but I heard another reviewer mention that he didn’t know what to do with the interior hand because there wasn’t a proper gear lever/shifter. Did you find it odd that there wasn’t a place to rest your left hand?

If only the seats had the option of colour stitching like you can in other countries I would order one , it brightens the interior

The new RS3 external styling looks more modern, better than my 2018 RS3 but those seats and that round steering wheel especially doesn’t reflect what a RS brand is all about. And those OPF filters just ruin modern cars now.

Give it 3 doors and the option of having the rear seats removed, and then it would be hyper. With 5 doors, it's just a powerful, midget estate.

I'll stick with my reliant Robin !!!!

I’d day4 rings any day

Excellent review and I would go for the Audi over the Mercedes but you are right in that the finish and quality of materials inside has taken a backward step compared to the previous A3.

All the ones dyno'd are knocking out 420 and 550nm. They're underquoting

Copyright infraction. You stole Carfection's 2016 description.

I got new rs3 😄

I'd buy an Alpine A110 GT.

These cars have never been hot hatches because 1. they are too powerful and 2. way too expensive! They are like an American dragster in a recognised production body! Hot hatches are a totally different ilk.

Just what's needed with petrol at £2 a litre...a 400 bhp 60 grand hatchback.

You know that the RS3 must be something of a modern icon since those that say they hate it still keep talking about it. Looking at back catalogues of Autocar from 1988 reveals that the 8V GTI was about 40% more than the basic Golf (at £11K basic) and the 16V was about 55% more at over £12.5K. They were actually quite pricey and in those days they really were fairly basic, albeit great fun.

60gs for that Rs3 it doesn’t look premium enough inside I’d feel short Changed merc for me

to be honest I think its more over hyper priced and like the Mercedes yes they great cars in ther own right but the prices these cars are now no I'm sorry they are no longer worth the price. cost of fuel the stupid tax you now have to pay because it's over 40 k. all that torque rubbish and drift rubbish is simply not worth it on roads that are now basically jokes to drive on. can't use the power the interior or build quality is under par with previous versions so I'm not convinced and why you still pay for stupid extras at this price. over priced hyper hatches thar although good but not great are now becoming obsolete sorry but it's true.

You know this RS3 has been out for about 2 years???

Rs3 every time.

Very good presenter. Much better than Rebecca!

I'd go with the RS3 over the AMG. If I'm going high-end hot hatch, I'll take the softer edges, thanks!