Audi RS3 edges closer to supercar territory

Jack Evans tests Audi’s latest RS3. The hot hatch packs close to 400bhp and can handle anything you can throw at it.

WHAT IS IT?

The Audi RS3 is a key pillar in the hot hatch segment, having set the trend for some time now. It’s just been updated for 2017, and this brings even more power — now close to 400bhp — as well as a quicker 0-60mph time of 3.9 seconds. That puts it close to supercar territory, in a car that will just as happily trundle down to the shops as it’ll eat up B roads.