Rent the Audi RS3 Sportback

The RS3 Sportback.

The latest Audi RS3 Sportback is the hot hatch no rival can imitate, because no rival has that engine: the 2.5 TFSI inline-five, 400 hp, with a 1-2-4-5-3 firing order that produces the most recognisable soundtrack in modern motoring. It is the only turbocharged five-cylinder left on the market, an engine-of-the-year winner in its class for years running, and in this generation it delivers 500 Nm of torque available from low revs. 0-100 km/h drops to 3.8 seconds and top speed reaches 280 km/h with the RS dynamic package. quattro all-wheel drive works with the RS Torque Splitter, a multi-plate clutch that distributes torque between the two rear wheels and can send up to 100% to a single one: surgical traction out of every corner and, in RS Torque Rear mode, the freedom to let the rear axle slide in complete safety. Lowered RS sport suspension, uprated brakes with red calipers, 19-inch wheels and a bespoke chassis set-up make it as convincing on the open road as on track. Inside, the cockpit is everyday racing: an Alcantara RS steering wheel with dedicated buttons, Virtual Cockpit with RS runway graphics, sports seats with contrast stitching and five genuine seats with a family-sized boot. The Kyalami Green paint, signature colour of the RS range, makes it impossible to ignore. A car you can drive every day that delivers supercar emotion every time you open the throttle.