Terry, shedding nearly 1000 lbs, gaining the sure-footed and legendary Audi Quattro all wheel drive system for all road and weather conditions, as well as having the unique 5 cylinder sound in a car that will be much more nimble and quite a back road point and shoot missile, are all very positive trade offs going from the muscle car to a well designed, sporty daily driver.
Even acceleration wise, the RS3 will get you there just as fast as the Hellcat since we all know AWD rules in everyday driving and "stop light challenges". With 3.9sec 0-60, the Audi will do it all day long vs the Hellcat that requires optimal conditions to hook up and produce those numbers.
394/354 hp/torque with a 7speed dual clutch tranny. Sounds like a perfect street combo in my book.
I really enjoyed my Audi S4 and it had less...
All in all the RS3 makes much more sense all things considered.