ABT Sportsline’s main field of expertise
is making vehicles from the Volkswagen Group more powerful and tampering with
their looks every now and then, and their latest project, the Audi RS Q3
Sportback, follows this recipe to a tee.
Also available for the regular RS Q3,
which is basically the same car with a different body style, the biggest
upgrade concerns the 2.5-liter turbo’d five-cylinder gasoline engine that, in
stock form, delivers 394 HP and 480 Nm of torque
to the quattro all-wheel drive system through a 7-speed transmission.
With the tuner’s engine control unit
installed, the power unit releases 434 HP and 520
Nm of torque. As a result, the 0-100 km/h acceleration has dropped
to 4.3 seconds, a 0.2-second improvement compared to the stock version. Top
speed has also increased from the standard 250 km/h, or (optionally) 280 km/h, to 285 km/h.
Unless you rock a strong wheel game, you
won’t be able to tell the tuned RS Q3 Sportback apart from the regular one.
Nonetheless, it’s available with four different sets of 20-inch rims, as well
as 21-inch ones as an option. On the pictured sporty crossover, they have a five-spoke
design with diamond-machined outlines and mystic black finish.
Except for a custom start-stop switch cap,
the interior of the RS Q3 remains untouched. Nevertheless, knowing ABT, they
could launch more upgrades for the SUV in the future, from aftermarket entry
sills to other bits and pieces that will help it stand out even more.
