A3 3.2 Quattro Sport
250PS range topper. Where does that leave the next S3?
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The latest and most potent ever Audi A3 is set to go on sale in Britain from the beginning of November. The first ever V6 premium sports hatch from Audi, with ~250bhp on tap will be reaching its first UK customers within weeks, some equipped with the new DSG double clutch transmission.
The flagship 155mph, A3 3.2 quattro Sport is priced at £23,665 OTR for the 6-speed manual version, and at £25,065 OTR with DSG transmission. Both cars come with four wheel drive as standard. Performance is spritely rather than brutal with 60mph being reached in 6.4 seconds.
All new from the ground up, and first launched in the UK in May this year, the revised A3 range is roomier - 65 mm longer and 30 mm wider than the original, but also slightly lower.
The new flagship increases the UK A3 range to a total of six models, which incorporates two 1.6 litre models (102PS and 115PS FSI), a 2-litre petrol FSI version (150PS) and two Diesels, a 1.9 TDI (105PS) and the advanced new 2.0 TDI (140PS) at prices ranging from £15,190 to £23,665.
The question now remains what a new S3 model would have to do to top the revised range...
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