Vs Sport Auto: 130i vs S3 vs 3 MPS

[Bruce]

Scans from ajzhan

They added wet handling to this test

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[Zafiro]

S3 is a big surprise and this is sportauto so I better bow down to the new hatchback king A lot faster around Hockenheim than both 130i and R32.

The S3 has 18" rims and the 130i only with 17" rims. I was alwyas under the impression that a 130i with sportpackade used 18" rim as well

 

[Bruce]

S3 is a big surprise and this is sportauto so I better bow down to the new hatchback king A lot faster around Hockenheim than both 130i and R32.

Yes certaintly, amazing job by the S3 on Hockenheim. Nice time for the wet handling course too!

The S3 has 18" rims and the 130i only with 17" rims. I was alwyas under the impression that a 130i with sportpackade used 18" rim as well

Hmm, can't comment on that, i don't know much about BMW's sport packages.

 

[Tumbo]

Congrats to S3! A really good test there. Although I will always hate that it has that 2.0T and not the R36 engine...

 

[Yperion]

S3 did better than i expected.

 

[MikeJ]

I was quite surprised to see the S3 beat the 130i in the "Fahrspaß" (fun of driving) category in the subjective scoring.