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Audi RSQ3: It's Everything For Everyone
Audi RSQ3: It's Everything For Everyone
Date: 2021-08-25
Driving the new range of S and RS performance cars and I found myself at the pinnacle of motoring behind the wheel of the Audi RSQ3. Chiropractors should be thanking me, the way people were craning their necks to see the 294 kilowatts of power send my Turbo Blue RSQ3 slipping by with a throaty rumble that sent shivers down their spines.
I might be imagining things, however there were shivers going down my spine. The amazing all encompassing experience of the agility and effortless acceleration the Audi RSQ3 displayed, surpassed even my childhood fantasies. On choosing a test route for the car there was really only one option on the list, a remote community run campsite next to a turtle conservancy outpost on the banks of a great lake and the shores of the Indian Ocean.
This route offered a little bit of everything for the Audi RSQ3. Long smooth three lane freeways with bright road markings offered themselves to me, and try as I might to not pass the speed limit, I failed time and again. The enthusiastic 2.5 litre TFSI five cylinder engine produces power to the value of 480 Newton Meters. Tow whatever.
Acceleration your thing? The sub 5 Audi RSQ3 covers the 100 meter dash in 4.5 seconds. From 80km/h to 120km/h even more breath-taking. Making overtaking seem like fun. There was plenty opportunity with the "raised pedestrian crossings" everywhere and the tone of the exhaust was music to not only my ears but many other enthusiasts as well.
Getting closer to our destination and the Quattro element of the RSQ3 got its chance to shine. And shine it did, we breezed through soft sand tracks and arrived in style at the campsite. Maybe this is the car that can be everything to everyone, a great inspirational drive experience with total functionality, style and grace.