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Audi has announced its latest RS3 Sportback hot hatch back in last Decemeber. Today it published the pricing: the RS3 Sportback starts at £39,950.

The 8V-generation RS3 Sportsback is equipped with Audi’s most powerful 5-cylinder engine.  With the help from the turbocharger, the 2.5L engine outputs a maximum of 367ps, with 343 lb-ft or torque from a broad range of 1,625 RPM to 5,550 RPM. According to Audi, the RS3 Sportback can reach 62mph within 4.3 seconds, and go all the way up to a top speed of 174mph.

Enjoy the below gallery and read the press release for more information.

Audi RS3 Sportback

Audi has put a lot of hope in its compact car products. For example, the A3. Audi not only provides all kinds of variants of the A3 product line, it also builds the hotter S3.

Audi dropped some exciting news about the even-hotter RS3, which will first be released as a hatchback version. The RS3 will keep using Audi’s long-time 2.5L 5-cylinder engine, turbocharged to output 367hp and 343 lb-ft of torque.

While this 5-cylinder engine does provide benefits that Audi wants, however it does have some shortcomings...

Yesterday VW revealed the A3 Clubsport Quattro – which is believed to be a concept prototype of the upcoming RS3 sedan.

The biggest news comes from the concept car is its 525hp 5-cylinder turbo engine. From my point of view, this is a revolution in the market. The reason is: VW is able to pump out 525hp from the 2.5-litre displacement, using only 1.5 bar pressure of turbo boost, this translates to 212hp per litre. For comparison, the Mercedes-Benz M133 engine which is used on the CLA45AMG, is using a much higher 1.8 bar of boost, but can only achieve 181hp per litre.

The VW engine has excellent torque curve too: 443 lb-ft available from 2300 to 6000 rpm...