The RS3 is back on sale and the A45 recently revised - so which is better?
It feels like a daft thing to say when assessing the merits of two hatchbacks with a combined 821hp, but there’s every chance you might have forgotten about the. Or at least not considered them of late. Time moves fast, and if the headlines aren’t about hot hatches ending production then it’s about new electric ones - with up to 650hp -.
The Audi is an excellent Milton Keynes car. The way it locks onto the ideal line into roundabouts and romps out of them is very entertaining. The fact that this is noticeable about a nanosecond after collecting the car speaks volumes, too. It still seems novel to drive a five-door Audi Sport car without needlessly leaden steering and with a rear axle desperate to overspeed the outside wheel.
In terms of easily locatable fun, the Audi is the more straightforward car to get to grips with thanks to its eager-to-please torque splitter introducing oversteer at almost every application of throttle and lock. The A45’s drift mode is much less accessible and not as silly.
This more accommodating attitude even extends to their engines, too. The Audi’s mid range feels more generous and so there’s less obligation to chase every rev - particularly with the strangled sound. The Mercedes, on the other hand, thrives on its journey to 7,000rpm; ignore the daft sound and it’s all too easy to chase that rush again and again and again. You get a lot of the five-cylinder experience at less than 5,000rpm.
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