The 2025 Audi RS 3 Gets a Host of Updates But Retains Its Turbo-Five
The iconic Audi five-cylinder engine only powers one vehicle in the automaker’s lineup at the moment, and it’s getting a decent glow-up for the 2025 model year. The new RS 3 lands with updated styling, a refreshed interior, and new options, though its price is likely to climb with the changes.
Audi didn’t mess with the RS 3’s powertrain, which is just fine. It’s a turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder making 394 horsepower and 369 pounds of torque. It’s paired with a dual-clutch transmission and Audi’s excellent Quattro all-wheel drive system. Those are European specs, however, and America’s car may come with a bit more horsepower, and Audi gave the RS 3 a new exhaust for even more of that sweet five-cylinder sound.
The car got a new grille with a diamond-mesh pattern, and the grille surround has been reworked. Audi installed new daytime running lights, new taillights, and a carbon fiber rear diffuser.
A new flat-top and -bottom steering wheel is standard, bringing haptic touch controls and updated drive mode selection buttons. The 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster runs Audi’s Virtual Cockpit system, which got an update in the 2025 RS 3 with new shift lights and graphics. Nappa leather-wrapped Audi sport seats come standard, and the car has a new interior fragrance chemistry for a striking “new car smell.”
The RS 3’s U.S. launch, which will likely happen early in 2025. Expect pricing to come in slightly higher than the 2024 model’s $62,300 starting MSRP.
[Images: Audi]
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Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.
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