Audi Sport is officially 40; who's up for an appropriately understated birthday present?
It’d be easy to look upon Audi celebrating 40 years of Audi Sport - or just quattro GmbH, as it emerged in October 1983 - at the Nurburgring as a cynical marketing ploy. Everybody knows the ‘ring, and it’s never more popular than N24 weekend - job jobbed for some anniversary promo.
It only seemed right to mark the big Audi Sport 4-0 with our own celebration, too. It had to be a five-cylinder car, of course, because here would the four rings be without their five-pot fascination? We’re playing to glory days past in some capacity, too, with a very muted but very fast Audi saloon like they used to make. And which certainly aren’t going to happen any longer.
But only before the filters, of course. The RS3 was taken off sale in 2018 for a petrol particulate filter to be fitted and keep it compliant with the incoming Euro 6b emissions rules. It was back in showrooms in 2019 as broadly the same car with identical power and torque, but the warble had been muffled, never to return. This saloon is on a 67 plate, so the sonic signature of the five-cylinder should be alive and well.
Gets better, too. It’s an Audi RS car that isn’t grey, black, or white, which is cause for celebration, and on silver wheels as well. The glass isn’t tinted, magnetic ride has been optioned on and even the rear badge is gone; to very nearly everybody, this is just another A3 saloon, not a 400hp Audi Sport rocket. Which is quite cool. The interior is similarly subdued, and we’d take that all day over flashy.
The RS3 now sits on 47,000 miles, with three Audi dealer services to its name and a new MOT to come when it’s sold. The £35,995 asking price is comparable with similar cars and it looks in good order for six years of driving. Maybe not the most exciting birthday gift ever, but then 40 is quite a grown-up celebration. And it looks like perfect transport for next year’s N24.
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