Audi’s latest 5-cylinder quattro-rocket recently blasted its way to a 7:33.123 lap of the Nürburgring, making it the record holder in the AWD compact class and smoking no less than at least 10 incredible supercars in the process. It wasn’t long ago when a lap time in this territory was the stuff of supercar legends priced well into six-figure territory – but modern engineering and tech are bringing higher-than-ever levels of performance to lower and lower price points, and the 2025 Audi RS3 is a great example of the trend.
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