2025 Audi RS3 Facelift features updated styling, carbon seats, and a unique interior scent, marking the last of Audi’s five-cylinder engines.
The Audi RS3 Facelift is creating a buzz with its latest mid-cycle update, bringing notable exterior styling tweaks, a flatter steering wheel, and luxurious carbon bucket seats. Beyond the visible changes, the compact performance car now boasts a more powerful exhaust note and an unexpectedly sophisticated feature—a refreshed interior scent profile. Audi’s attention to detail extends to the materials used inside the RS3, ensuring a pleasant smell that lasts, no matter the weather conditions.
Key Highlights:
- Audi RS3 Facelift features exterior tweaks and new carbon bucket seats.
- Enhanced exhaust delivers a louder, more distinctive sound.
- Audi introduces a unique, pleasant interior scent for the RS3.
- 200 interior components undergo chemical evaluation for optimal odor.
- The RS3 remains the last Audi model with a five-cylinder engine.
Audi RS 3 Facelift Interior
Inside, the RS3 offers a moody, high-tech environment with dark tones and new Fine Nappa leather sports seats. The redesigned steering wheel and sporty display add to the driving experience, while contour and ambient lighting highlight the car’s interior features, such as the storage box, center console, and doors. The 12.3-inch virtual cockpit provides key driving data like speed and revs, and an additional display shows power output, g-force, acceleration, and lap times. The 10.1-inch touchscreen on the instrument panel not only displays temperature data for key components but also houses an independent app store.
Audi RS 3 Facelift Exterior
The facelift brings a sportier and more aggressive appearance to the RS3. The front end now features a hexagonal singleframe grille with a rhombus pattern and two functional side air intakes, along with a new splitter. Paying homage to the Audi Sport Quattro S1 Pikes Peak car from 1987, the RS3 sits lower and includes redesigned headlights with a digital signature made up of 24 elements. The rear sports fresh lighting, a large RS-specific diffuser, and dual oval tailpipes.
Standard on the RS3 are matt black 19-inch aluminium cast wheels in a 5-Y spoke design, while the Carbon Black and Carbon Vorsprung models boast motorsport-inspired 10 cross-spoke wheels. These higher-end models also feature carbon and high-gloss black detailing on the front air intakes, side skirts, and the blade above the diffuser, enhancing the car’s sporty aesthetics.
Audi RS 3 Facelift Powertrain
Under the hood, the RS3 continues to impress with its five-cylinder 2.5 TFSI engine, carried over from the previous generation. This powerhouse generates 394bhp and 500Nm of torque, paired with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and an all-wheel-drive system. The RS3 can sprint from 0-62mph in just 3.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 155mph, which can be increased to 174mph on the Vorsprung model. Audi has also improved the chassis setup and introduced new tyres, making the RS3 even more agile in corners. For track enthusiasts, Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R semi-slick tyres are available as an option.
Audi RS 3 Facelift Plans for India
As of now, there are no talks about launch in India. The RS 3 facelift will be available on sale in the overseas market. It will go on sale in the European market in September or October, and in the US market by 2025. The expected price in Europe will be £59,510 (Approx 65 Lacs), with the top-tier Vorsprung spec priced at just under £70,000.(Approx 76 Lacs).
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