2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by HYFR » Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:56 am

Nav was std on the mk1 !

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by Kiteral » Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:27 am

The std seats are <beep> but the super sports seats look pretty much the same as the rs4's.

But I'm annoyed as certain options are only available in packages as in the black styling package, you have to have the chav Quattro badge and its £695 ! Sports exhaust, you have to have mag ride at £1495 for the two etc.

I'm a bit gutted as I find the S4 too big for my needs, so that rules out the RS4, will be doing 15k miles a year so that rules out an R8, the RS3 was ticking almost every box...

Specced one up, Daytona grey with exhaust, nav, SS seats and other bits £46700 :drink:
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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by Nickyboy » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:05 pm

Get a second hand RS 5. Glorious engine and look great.
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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by Kiteral » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:41 pm

Nickyboy wrote:Get a second hand RS 5. Glorious engine and look great.
Would love to but need something less juicy on the gas as driving 15k+ miles pa, hence the RS3.
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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by doodlebug » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:48 pm

Looks like they've taken the brochure away again.

SS seats do not look like those I've seen in any RS4 or 6!

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by Kiteral » Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:03 pm

Brochure is still available on the link I posted, actually you are right doodle the SS seats look different.
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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by doodlebug » Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:09 pm

Kiteral wrote:Brochure is still available on the link I posted, actually you are right doodle the SS seats look different.
Link removed from site when I looked just now, clearly they've not removed the underlying doc.

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by Oak » Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:59 pm

Just hope the options make more sense when the configurator finally comes out. How can Sat Nav not be standard on the top of the range!

If I read the Spec Guide correctly its saying that its £1k to have the max speed unrestricted, that's one expensive software box tick.

As seems to have been the worry from the start, Audi don't seem to have played a straight bat on the options.

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by d170868 » Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:39 am

Hopefully cars will be built quicker than configurator!
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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by markwm » Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:58 pm

configurator up on audi.de for those who still happen to give a f***

http://www.audi.de/de/brand/de/neuwagen ... motor.html

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by RSphantom » Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:58 am

markwm wrote:configurator up on audi.de for those who still happen to give a f***

http://www.audi.de/de/brand/de/neuwagen ... motor.html
No new brochure but the configurator now on UK. No changes really from the original brochure. I think the have added a dynamic package plus. Same as the other with a top speed increase added for an extra £1,000. Still need a "pack" to have the sports exhaust. Sat Nav still extra, really don't think this will be a good buy at the moment. I think a large amount of discount required to make this a worthwhile option :audibash:
2018 RS5 Nardo Grey with the good toys - Gone
2019 Mercedes E63s AMG - Broke down 3 times - got rid
2019 RS3 4 door - Gone
2020 RS6 Launch Edition - The right spec unlike factory orders - gone
2021 RSQ3 Sportback - Nardo Grey - gone
2022 RS Etron GT Carbon Vorsprung - Daytona Grey - gone
2023 RS6 Avant - Daytona Grey - Current

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by GLM » Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:18 am

i'm sure most people have seen it, but they have posted a review on piston heads:

http://www.pistonheads.com/road-tests/a ... view/31977

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by doodlebug » Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:33 am

Oh dear. Wider tyres at the front again.

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by markwm » Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:57 pm

According to the configurator, you only get wider front tyres on the two most expensive wheel options 255/30 front, 235/35 rear. The other two options are 235/35 all round. I'd go for the cheapest wheels and then change them because I think they spoil the car.

I specc'd one up and it came to exactly £48k OTR. i know it's bonkers fast but at that money I'd be looking at RS4's with a few k on the clock all day long. At the very least you have to spec comfort and sound pack, dynamic pack and tech pack so you're up at 46k already.

Also, it seems you can't spec driver assistance package without losing the quattro logo for the god awful cruise control camera, surely they could have put the camera in a better position? and why does the cameras have to be so big?

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Re: 2015 RS3 - now with confirmed pictures

Post by RSphantom » Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:35 pm

They have also put up the financial offer on the car. Basic car GFV is £23,794.65 after three years 10K per annum. Interest rate 6.4 APR, £449 per month, £6,386.58 deposit. No Audi contribution offered which is not surprising. Add in what most people will want which is around £8K in extras will make those payments shoot up to around £650 to £700 per month :drink:

Best bit though is the picture on the financial offer is of the old RS3 :audibash:
2018 RS5 Nardo Grey with the good toys - Gone
2019 Mercedes E63s AMG - Broke down 3 times - got rid
2019 RS3 4 door - Gone
2020 RS6 Launch Edition - The right spec unlike factory orders - gone
2021 RSQ3 Sportback - Nardo Grey - gone
2022 RS Etron GT Carbon Vorsprung - Daytona Grey - gone
2023 RS6 Avant - Daytona Grey - Current

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