Audi RS3 - wider tyres at the front compared to the rear....
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A couple of reasons have been put forward so take your pick;
1. Reduce understeer
2. RS3 is based on old A3 and new A3 is being tooled up. Easy to change tooling for front wings to accept wider rubber but not not so for the rear.
Tooling is another reason the RS3 is not available as 3 door
1. Reduce understeer
2. RS3 is based on old A3 and new A3 is being tooled up. Easy to change tooling for front wings to accept wider rubber but not not so for the rear.
Tooling is another reason the RS3 is not available as 3 door
FamilyDub said:
Supposedly to dial out the understeer, I would think.
Although the user on here 'NBirkett' is a
VAG magazine editor and said that, despite what the press was saying, at the RS3 test front and rear tyres were the same width.
From what I've seen I think there are a number of wheel/tyre combinations available some of which have front and rear matched whereas others are mis-matchedAlthough the user on here 'NBirkett' is a
VAG magazine editor and said that, despite what the press was saying, at the RS3 test front and rear tyres were the same width.
goes off to find thread...
FamilyDub said:
Supposedly to dial out the understeer, I would think.
Although the user on here 'NBirkett' is a
VAG magazine editor and said that, despite what the press was saying, at the RS3 test front and rear tyres were the same width.
I see a RS3 parked around the corner from my apartment every so often. I'll pop out in a bit and see if the car is there and check the tyres sizes....... As if I don't have anything better to do on a Sunday afternoon Although the user on here 'NBirkett' is a
VAG magazine editor and said that, despite what the press was saying, at the RS3 test front and rear tyres were the same width.
goes off to find thread...
cuprabob said:
A couple of reasons have been put forward so take your pick;
1. Reduce understeer
2. RS3 is based on old A3 and new A3 is being tooled up. Easy to change tooling for front wings to accept wider rubber but not not so for the rear.
Tooling is another reason the RS3 is not available as 3 door
I thought the reason Audi didn't make a 3dr version was that it would potentially steal too many buyers from the TT RS (which is more expensive and more profitable)?1. Reduce understeer
2. RS3 is based on old A3 and new A3 is being tooled up. Easy to change tooling for front wings to accept wider rubber but not not so for the rear.
Tooling is another reason the RS3 is not available as 3 door
FamilyDub said:
Tooling issues aside - and it remains to be seen if the new A3 platform spawns an 'RS' version - do you think Audi have missed a trick not having a 3-dr?
I'd love to see that 5-pot in the MKVII Golf R.
It would be good if VW could get the 5-pot for the Golf R. Lot's of rumours that the MK7 R will have it. Just need to wait and see, although I would fear the cost :-(I'd love to see that 5-pot in the MKVII Golf R.
To be honest I would prefer it in a Rocco R now :-)
EDLT said:
I read a while a go that most of the big power hot hatches don't actually need rear tyres that are the same width as the fronts. It is only done because having wider fronts looks "wrong".
So it could be the case that all other big power hot-hatches could also run with narrower rear tyres and that there is nothing strange about the set-up of the RS3?Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff