RE: 2021 Audi RS3 officially unveiled
Discussion
Dale487 said:
What's the opposite of a Grower?
On first glance, I thought; that's got some understated purpose to it. But as I look more and more, it looks like a Jelly mould because it gets wider at the lowest point of the body. Plus its not understated at all, its over styled.
Katie Price?On first glance, I thought; that's got some understated purpose to it. But as I look more and more, it looks like a Jelly mould because it gets wider at the lowest point of the body. Plus its not understated at all, its over styled.
BigChiefmuffinAgain said:
I think this looks pretty good and the performance numbers that the hyper hatches are producing these days are spectacular. To think that £50k gets you similar numbers to a Ferrari F430 from just over a decade ago in a car which seats 4 people and their luggage. Mind boggling...
The car itself isn't my taste but I was thinking similar about the level of performance available in what is a family hatch (or saloon) and how quickly its moving forward.My order is effectively in; been waiting for the new RS3 to top the range of hatchbacks again and apart from a bit of fakery, I think it looks good. Whether it will arrive this side of Christmas (next year), who knows; with a shortage of chips, even the S3 Vorsprung's are barely trickling through!
Definitely over styled.
The grills on the front are largely ok in my view as they are mostly real, but the unnecessary grilles on the rear bumper look ridiculous - especially as they are largely fake.
They need two options of rear bumper - "sports" and "plain" - this would be considerably better with the latter.
Good to see another outing of the 5-cylinder (surely the last?) but you'd have to be brave to have one of these on the driveway - these are magnetically attracted to thieves - especially if you live in the Midlands.
The grills on the front are largely ok in my view as they are mostly real, but the unnecessary grilles on the rear bumper look ridiculous - especially as they are largely fake.
They need two options of rear bumper - "sports" and "plain" - this would be considerably better with the latter.
Good to see another outing of the 5-cylinder (surely the last?) but you'd have to be brave to have one of these on the driveway - these are magnetically attracted to thieves - especially if you live in the Midlands.
Numeric said:
I used to be highly critical of all the air vents and huge grilles on the front of cars but someone on the forum pointed out that the heat generated by these modern engines is huge and the vents needed.
Once I took that on board it really changed the way I view the styling - so if all these vents are needed to make the car work all over the world, then I think they have done a reasonable job.
And yes the performance is incredible - we finally get these amazing more more importantly relatively affordable machines just as the opportunity to exploit them will quickly diminish, with limiters and seemingly ever lower speed limits. C'est la vie.
You’ll be please to know, that only about 40% of the vents are open, a small bit behind the Audi badge, two small hits under the number plate then the lower edges are also open. The rest is just solid plasticOnce I took that on board it really changed the way I view the styling - so if all these vents are needed to make the car work all over the world, then I think they have done a reasonable job.
And yes the performance is incredible - we finally get these amazing more more importantly relatively affordable machines just as the opportunity to exploit them will quickly diminish, with limiters and seemingly ever lower speed limits. C'est la vie.
David87 said:
One must be prepared to dominate the stairs with one of these on the drive, I feel.
I know it’s Monday morning, and I’ve just left hospital, but I don’t understand this comment at all.Is it something to do with a gym stepper machine or is the domination bit some sort of S&M thing when one gets ‘worked up’ over the drift mode?
Anyhoo I guess I’m getting old because wonderfully competent and fast as they maybe, I’d rather have the slower and analogue experience of my old original ur Quattro to one of these.
The designers seem like they are trying too hard to please, with things like the bumper treatments etc and for whatever reasons both this and the AMG45 leave me cold.
Dale487 said:
MDMA . said:
I'd have the green saloon but without the machined bits on the wheels.
The wheels look "pre-kerbed".Edited by Dale487 on Monday 19th July 09:24
Over styled, like all of it. Does it come without a ‘black’ pack, I wonder?
Augustus Windsock said:
I know it’s Monday morning, and I’ve just left hospital, but I don’t understand this comment at all.
Is it something to do with a gym stepper machine or is the domination bit some sort of S&M thing when one gets ‘worked up’ over the drift mode?
Anyhoo I guess I’m getting old because wonderfully competent and fast as they maybe, I’d rather have the slower and analogue experience of my old original ur Quattro to one of these.
The designers seem like they are trying too hard to please, with things like the bumper treatments etc and for whatever reasons both this and the AMG45 leave me cold.
Ah I am afraid a true PHer instantly recognises dominate the stairs. You can literally google it now!!Is it something to do with a gym stepper machine or is the domination bit some sort of S&M thing when one gets ‘worked up’ over the drift mode?
Anyhoo I guess I’m getting old because wonderfully competent and fast as they maybe, I’d rather have the slower and analogue experience of my old original ur Quattro to one of these.
The designers seem like they are trying too hard to please, with things like the bumper treatments etc and for whatever reasons both this and the AMG45 leave me cold.
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