Audi RS 3 vs Volkswagen Golf
The RS 3 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $10 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 in the US.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,917 (better)
- $2,927
- Australia
- $2,413 (better)
- $2,421
- United Kingdom
- £1,772 (better)
- £1,778
- United States
- $2,254 (better)
- $2,261
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.0 L/100km (better)
- 9.1 L/100km
- UK
- 31 mpg (better)
- 31 mpg
- US
- 26 mpg (better)
- 26 mpg
- On a full tank
- 599 km (better)
- 552 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 320 L
- 374 L (better)
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,400 kg
- Length
- 4,542 mm
- 4,284 mm
- Weight
- 1,650 kg
- 1,300 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L 5-cylinder turbo petrol
- 1.4 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 294 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 500 Nm (better)
- 250 Nm
- Gearbox
- 7-speed dual-clutch
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 8
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
RS 3 or Golf?
Which is cheaper to run, the Audi RS 3 or the Volkswagen Golf?
The Audi RS 3: about $10 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 in the US than the Volkswagen Golf at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Audi RS 3 or the Volkswagen Golf?
The Audi RS 3, at 9.0 L/100km (31 mpg UK, 26 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Golf's 9.1 L/100km (31 mpg UK, 26 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Audi RS 3 or the Volkswagen Golf?
The Volkswagen Golf, at 374 L to the Audi RS 3's 320 L, for their newest versions.
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