Ford Focus RS and Audi RS3 Buddies Do Exhaust Battle, Race on Autobahn

Automann TV usually films just acceleration videos and exhaust clips, but since he's got this Focus RS, a taste for blogs and other shenanigans has developed.

Here, we see the blue Ford and the silver Audi doing what they do best... sort of. While everybody can agree there is more fun to be had in the Focus, speed and sound are just as important.

So the two hyper hatchbacks do mini drag races in various gears at motorway speeds. We're not sure what this proves, since the Audi RS3 has a 7-speed automatic, but it's fun to watch and imagine your friends were this cool, right?

Picking a winner in the sound exhaust competition is nearly impossible. While the 2.3-liter in Ford's car makes more pops, the RS3 sounds sweeter due to its odd firing order and that extra cylinder.

On paper, these two are quite closely matched, as the Focus RS makes 350 PS and 470 Nm of torque, compared to the 367 PS and 465 Nm of torque of the Audi. Somehow, the RS3 pulls a little harder in 6th gear, but the people's car keeps up a lot better than most of us expected.

After watching every video on these two ever made, we think both have pushed the hot hatch genre a little too much. The Audi is too fast and expensive for public roads, while the Focus RS is not an everyday car.

For the same kind of money, every keen driver should at least consider a more pure RWD coupe, like the BMW M235i. Still, with supply strictly limited, the Focus RS is more exotic than you might think.