A3/S3/RS3 Official: Audi RS3
- Thread starter footie
- Start date
The Audi A3 is a small family car (C-segment) manufactured and marketed by Audi AG since September 1996. The first two generations of the Audi A3 were based on the Volkswagen Group A platform, while the third and fourth generations use the Volkswagen Group MQB platform.
Got to see Vikki put the new RS3 through it's paces on the first episode of this latest series of Fifthgear. Very quick and accorded to her it had no understeer at all but as with all Audi cars it had no emotion or exciting.
Also she performed a standing start up to 60mph, **** me is that thing quick, it seemed to have competed it within the blink of an eye.
P.S.
Hated the black alloys with red trim, ugly.
Also she performed a standing start up to 60mph, **** me is that thing quick, it seemed to have competed it within the blink of an eye.
P.S.
Hated the black alloys with red trim, ugly.
donkeykong
Track Technician
Fifth Gear - Audi RS 3 2011 Sportback Full Test Review
Zafiro
Supreme Roadmaster
New Audi's are bulletproof secure on the road and easy to drive fast but they seem to lack emotions. I feel driving a car you need to be challenged. Its not about being first to A to B, on the way there you must have fun and feel you are in control. You are the driver, not the car.
I've driven various of A3 (except for RS3) and I've never left the car impressed. I wonder if RS3 would change my mind
I've driven various of A3 (except for RS3) and I've never left the car impressed. I wonder if RS3 would change my mind
Tumbo
RPM Ruler
Just listen to this sound... Im so impressed by the engine of this car! To bad it doesnt handles like the R8 / R4 B7 
YouTube - Audi RS3 Brutal exhaust SOUND!!! + Drive - review by SME.sk‏
YouTube - Audi RS3 Brutal exhaust SOUND!!! + Drive - review by SME.sk‏
donkeykong
Track Technician
Auto car right?
donkeykong
Track Technician
That's what I figured,the reviewer made the RS3 out to be an over priced piece of s!@t.
martinbo
Staff member
They're not the only ones I'm afraid...
Notice how the criticism of the understeer and nothing else handling trait is pervasive. Even making the rear tyres narrower than the front has done nothing to make the RS3's rear end more adjustable on the throttle. Instead you end up with the same nose-led result and with an AWD car that you can't even rotate front to rears in order to balance out tyre wear. A huge disappointment.
Notice how the criticism of the understeer and nothing else handling trait is pervasive. Even making the rear tyres narrower than the front has done nothing to make the RS3's rear end more adjustable on the throttle. Instead you end up with the same nose-led result and with an AWD car that you can't even rotate front to rears in order to balance out tyre wear. A huge disappointment.
DeDe
Subscriber
In the latest issue of AutoBild Sportscars there's a comparison between two tuned-RS3s.
MR-Racing's 404-hp-version managed a time of 4,0 seconds to 100 kph and 16,0 s to 200 km/h. Tij Power's RS3 did 4,0 s & 16,3 s. (The fastest times AutoBild SC measured with the stock RS3 are 4,2 respectively 16,7 s.)
Now, the interesting part: both tuned-versions' 100-200 km/h is much slower than the times by a stock RS3 tested by AMS (12,0 & 12,3 s versus the fantastic time of the "stock's" 11,2 s).
How? Both magazines use the same testing methodes.
MR-Racing's 404-hp-version managed a time of 4,0 seconds to 100 kph and 16,0 s to 200 km/h. Tij Power's RS3 did 4,0 s & 16,3 s. (The fastest times AutoBild SC measured with the stock RS3 are 4,2 respectively 16,7 s.)
Now, the interesting part: both tuned-versions' 100-200 km/h is much slower than the times by a stock RS3 tested by AMS (12,0 & 12,3 s versus the fantastic time of the "stock's" 11,2 s).
How? Both magazines use the same testing methodes.
Are Audi at their work, making their press car perform better than their output figures should suggest?
It doesn't sound like Audi are at their work, it sounds like AMS are. Does the letters AMS stand for "Audi Must Succeed"
Remove the two outers (AMS and Sport Auto) and you are left with consistent times, is there any other data from else where in the world to see just how big a variation there is?
donkeykong
Track Technician
It doesn't sound like Audi are at their work, it sounds like AMS are. Does the letters AMS stand for "Audi Must Succeed"
Remove the two outers (AMS and Sport Auto) and you are left with consistent times, is there any other data from else where in the world to see just how big a variation there is?
Sport Auto do their acceleration tests 2 up, don't they? So maybe that is why their times are the highest.
The tuned RS3 100-200km/h times are pretty disappointing, whatever way you look at them.
Similar threads
Audi
Audi AG is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles
headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. A subsidiary of the
Volkswagen Group, the company’s origins date back to the early 20th
century and the initial enterprises (Horch and the Audiwerke) founded
by engineer August Horch (1868–1951). Two other manufacturers (DKW
and Wanderer) also contributed to the foundation of Auto Union in 1932.
The modern Audi era began in the 1960s, when Volkswagen acquired Auto
Union from Daimler-Benz, and merged it with NSU Motorenwerke in 1969.
