According to a recent report, Michael Dick, a member of Audi's board of management for technical development has stated that the company is considering building a new RS3. Power would come from Audi's 2.5-liter five-cylinder turbocharged engine, with 340 horsepower and 450 Nm of torque, which has launched on the recently unveiled TT-RS. Considering that the proposed RS3 would probably weight about as much as the TT-RS, a 0-62 mph time of around 4.6 seconds sounds reasonable as does the suggested 179 mph (288 km/h) top speed. With the next generation A3 not scheduled to be unveiled until 2011, the possible launch of the RS3 is still several years away should the model be given the green light in the first place.

 

it would make a great rally car

 

whos willing to bet it will never hit us shores

 

I really like that Audi is now making RS versions of the majority of their lineup! This should be the ultimate hot hatch!

 

I agree it will probably never make it hear, we never get any good hatches.

 

well we didn't even get the S3, there's no way the RS will ever get here.....what an amazing machine

 

Imagine that in a Sportsback-version. Mmmmm... That's a pretty hard-to-beat allrounder...

 

Ahh, lovely. Guess you'll have to go all-audi and sell that beemer of yours mbolo

 

and if it does you'll be looking at a $50k hatchback....insane.

 

That would be tha bomb!