Probably the best Ultimate Drag Race Replay episode thus far, this clip is a mechanical symphony of four-, five-, and ten-cylinder powerplants. Jason Cammisa starts off with a couple of compact luxury sedans from the four-ringed automaker from Ingolstadt, namely the S3 and RS 3.
Twinned with the Volkswagen Golf R, the S3 rocks 306 horsepower and 295 pound-foot (400 Nm) of torque compared to 401 horsepower and 369 pound-foot (500 Nm) for the slightly heavier RS 3. Both feature dual-clutch trannies and quattro all-wheel drive, and obviously enough, the better-sounding car launches slightly better and crosses the quarter-mile finish line first.
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