362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
Simply awesome.
from the article:
Most powerful production five-cylinder engine in Audi RS history with 367PS and 465Nm from 1,625rpm to 5,550rpm
0 - 62mph in 4.3 seconds - 0.3 seconds faster than the previous model - 155mph governed top speed can be raised to 174mph on request
6 pictures and press release
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from the article:
Most powerful production five-cylinder engine in Audi RS history with 367PS and 465Nm from 1,625rpm to 5,550rpm
0 - 62mph in 4.3 seconds - 0.3 seconds faster than the previous model - 155mph governed top speed can be raised to 174mph on request
6 pictures and press release
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Re: 362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
The specs read well but I'm disappointed in the looks. I bet it drives well though.
Looks nothing like the A3 Clubsport and no mention of a saloon!
To me it looks like an A3 with different bumper and grille; not very aggressive. And what's that silver crap running along the roofline? Are they trying to make it look like an Avant with roof rails?
I would have liked wider arches.
Maybe seeing it in a decent colour, black optics, lowered and spaced might make it look better but from those photos I'm disappointed.
At least it has the dual oval RS exhausts now.
Looks nothing like the A3 Clubsport and no mention of a saloon!
To me it looks like an A3 with different bumper and grille; not very aggressive. And what's that silver crap running along the roofline? Are they trying to make it look like an Avant with roof rails?
I would have liked wider arches.
Maybe seeing it in a decent colour, black optics, lowered and spaced might make it look better but from those photos I'm disappointed.
At least it has the dual oval RS exhausts now.
Re: 362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
What's happened to the styling? Just looks like a pimped A3. For something that's going to be £50k, it's pretty pony. Can't handle any worse than its predecessor though.
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Agree. Styling . Snore zzzzzz
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Disappointed for sure in looks. Not so keen to lay out 50k anymore.
Wheels are naff. Sure it will look better in the flesh.
Wheels are naff. Sure it will look better in the flesh.
2014: 8V S3, Scirocco (mistake)
2013: B8 RS 5, 3.0T S5 coupe, B8 S5 cab - temp, B8 S4 avant
2011: 2.0T FL Octavia VRS
2010: 1.8T Octavia VRS
2013: B8 RS 5, 3.0T S5 coupe, B8 S5 cab - temp, B8 S4 avant
2011: 2.0T FL Octavia VRS
2010: 1.8T Octavia VRS
Re: 362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
was just about to write the exact same thing Mike - my thoughts exactlyMikeFish wrote:The specs read well but I'm disappointed in the looks. I bet it drives well though.
Looks nothing like the A3 Clubsport and no mention of a saloon!
To me it looks like an A3 with different bumper and grille; not very aggressive. And what's that silver crap running along the roofline? Are they trying to make it look like an Avant with roof rails?
I would have liked wider arches.
Maybe seeing it in a decent colour, black optics, lowered and spaced might make it look better but from those photos I'm disappointed.
At least it has the dual oval RS exhausts now.
Glacier White 2017 S3 Saloon with all the Tech.
Gone but not forgotten - B7 RS4 Saloon Black - H&R spacers, Tints, Gun Metal Alloys, MRC Stage 2, Pre Cats, Milltek Non Res, K/W Springs, MRC Full Carbon clean - 431ps
previous - B6 A4 1.8T S-Line 215PS
Gone but not forgotten - B7 RS4 Saloon Black - H&R spacers, Tints, Gun Metal Alloys, MRC Stage 2, Pre Cats, Milltek Non Res, K/W Springs, MRC Full Carbon clean - 431ps
previous - B6 A4 1.8T S-Line 215PS
Re: 362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
Nickyboy wrote:Disappointed for sure in looks. Not so keen to lay out 50k anymore.
Wheels are naff. Sure it will look better in the flesh.
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Re: 362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
First impressions are disappointing. As everybody else says doesn't look much different to an A3 never mind a S3!
Probably will handle better though.
Probably will handle better though.
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Re: 362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
Looks crap, mildly tuned a45 will spank it's arse too
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Interior is a step up.....and no sodding ipad strapped to the dash. Still, been there done that, not going here again.
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Yeh iPad thing is not the best,The merc is fun to drive though, attracts some fooking idiots unfortunatelyInterior is a step up.....and no sodding ipad strapped to the dash. Still, been there done that, not going here again.
Audi need to do more than keep chucking the same engine into the next model, just like the b8 it's just not a big enough step forward, can't see me keeping my Rs more than another year tbh,only trouble is it's so bloody nice to look at
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Yep. The club sport was a thing to behold. I had a moment when I saw it at Le Mans. What's on offer as RS3 looks like rinse and repeat, not enough effort for a 50k motor.
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Annoying thing is they can do it, but yet they don'tThe club sport was a thing to behold
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Re: 362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
I agree with what everyone else says, it just doesn't look special enough
Golf R looks more aggressive than that
Apart from exhausts, just looks like someone's ticked all the s-line options on a boggo A3
D- for effort Audi
Golf R looks more aggressive than that
Apart from exhausts, just looks like someone's ticked all the s-line options on a boggo A3
D- for effort Audi
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Gone - 11/06 B7 RS4 Avant - black/black (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 05/13 B8 RS4 Avant - Suzuka grey (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 01/14 B8 RS5 Coupe - Short term car
Gone - 09/14 B8 RS4 Avant - Misano Red/Ceramics (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Current - 04/18 B9 Rs4 Nardo Grey
ZX10R Race bike - 210bhp and a few skid marks on the seat
Re: 362HP 2015 Audi RS3 Sportback - Official
I thought a lot would disagree with my opinions but it seems everyone thinks the same.
Why didn't they make it look like the clubsport? Surely they knew they'd be selling faster than they could produce them so why didn't they do it? Too scared and stuck with a safe model? I don't believe anybody at Audi thought this RS3 was a patch on the clubsport for looks and couldn't cost that much more (if anything) to produce (maybe more expensive cos wheels are bigger).
Why didn't they make it look like the clubsport? Surely they knew they'd be selling faster than they could produce them so why didn't they do it? Too scared and stuck with a safe model? I don't believe anybody at Audi thought this RS3 was a patch on the clubsport for looks and couldn't cost that much more (if anything) to produce (maybe more expensive cos wheels are bigger).
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