2026 Audi RS3 competition limited breaks cover with defiant five-cylinder petrol engine

This could be the last five-cylinder-powered RS3 special edition, as Audi faces tougher Euro 7 emissions compliance that threatens the iconic engine’s future.Audi is celebrating 50 years of five-cylinder cars with the RS3 competition limited, a special edition of its hottest 2.5-litre turbo-petrol small hatch and sedan.The RS3 competition limited makes no more power and torque than the ‘standard’ RS3, pegged at a claimed 294kW/500Nm – and, therefore, should emit the same