RE: Audi RS Q3 - official

RE: Audi RS Q3 - official

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epom

11,396 posts

160 months

Friday 29th November 2013
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I like it, does that make me weird ??

northandy

3,495 posts

220 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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So anyone ordered one of these?

EricE

1,945 posts

128 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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^^^ *crickets*

Audi just announced a facelift for the RS Q3 - 20 months after the debut (!) of the old one. Surely that has to be some sort of record?

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/11/06/audi-rs-q3-face...

I wonder how many they sold. Fewer than 1000 if I had to guess...



Edited by EricE on Thursday 6th November 19:18

va1o

16,029 posts

206 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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I guess its to bring it in-line with the new Q3 which was due a facelift after 3 years!

I'm not a fan of the silly looking grille and headlights. Hope that isn't getting rolled out to the rest of the range frown

EricE

1,945 posts

128 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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va1o said:
I'm not a fan of the silly looking grille and headlights. Hope that isn't getting rolled out to the rest of the range frown
Looks an awful lot like the "new" 3 series, now that you mention it...

Here is a video. The normal Q3 has the same thing going on but with silver plastic instead of chrome. (@0:20 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htd8ihs6qng

Edited by EricE on Thursday 6th November 19:37

GT3hopeful

246 posts

116 months

Friday 7th August 2015
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Just about to swap my wife's year old golf R for one of these main reasons being

- liked high up drive position in Q3
-Q3 not too big to park
-doesn't like diesels
- only wanted a blue car and only nice blue is on RSQ3 (or £2000 option on lower models)
-nearly new second hand the RSQ3 is pretty close in price to reasonably specced new 2.0 or 1.4 petrol q3

So there are reasons somebody would want one after all.


va1o

16,029 posts

206 months

Friday 7th August 2015
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GT3hopeful said:
Just about to swap my wife's year old golf R for one of these main reasons being

- liked high up drive position in Q3
-Q3 not too big to park
-doesn't like diesels
- only wanted a blue car and only nice blue is on RSQ3 (or £2000 option on lower models)
-nearly new second hand the RSQ3 is pretty close in price to reasonably specced new 2.0 or 1.4 petrol q3

So there are reasons somebody would want one after all.
Not sure I'd want to swap from a Golf 7R into one of these. Although they've updated the looks, underneath the Q3 is still sitting on decade old PQ35 underpinnings, as used in the Golf Mk5 and A3 8P. Your R is on the new generation MQB platform offering a sharper drive and all the latest technology. So in some ways this is a step down.

GT3hopeful

246 posts

116 months

Saturday 8th August 2015
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Thanks - know that old platform but my wife was happier with her even older mk5 GTI than the R which has got a busy overstressed engine and annoying fake noises. Expect that 5 cylinder 2.5 litre will be a better engine to live with even if not as modern and efficient. Annoying that Audi don't include all the stuff that VW put in their golfs as standard kit nowadays though.