While these improvements don't translate into lurid, artificial - feeling Dagenham oversteer, on the tight switchbacks of the RS3's Oman - based launch we found the rear axle to be quite mobile indeed, albeit if provoked with a late brake and flat -
footed throttle application.
Not exact matches
But while a WRX slide can be adjusted with careful
applications of the
throttle, an overeager
foot prompts the notorious Swedish Flick of rallying legend.
The only complaint we can summon about the powertrain is that smooth
throttle tip - in requires careful
application of your right
foot.