Audi RS3

Car Hatchback

3 production runs · 9 variants · 10 registers with powertrain counts · 4 sources

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Audi RS3 on record.

Netherlands: 2011–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 2011–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 10% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Argentina Australia Canada Finland Israel Luxembourg Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom United States

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Production history, variants & sources

3 production runs · 9 variants · 10 registers with powertrain counts · 4 sources

Researched from the manufacturer's own pages and Wikipedia, with the sources listed.

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Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
2011	51
2012	57
2013	11
2015	108
2016	131
2017	112
2018	231
2019	230
2020	83
2021	34
2022	287
2023	174
2024	71
2025	65
2026	14

Finland
2011	2
2012	8
2013	3
2014	1
2015	8
2016	13
2017	8
2018	31
2019	8
2020	13
2021	5
2022	19
2023	7
2024	2
2025	11
2026	13

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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