RE: New Audi RS Q3 lands with 400hp five-pot

[AmosMoses]

Popping and banging it’s was down a local high street near you soon!

The new rs3 sounds ridiculous when being driven around town, this will sound the same and look even more stupid.

However, I really like it

[wab172uk]

Tim bo said:

Rear-end is far, far too busy.

The designers had a competition on how many incongruous curves, angles, silly sticky-out bits and plasticky add-ons they could include. The designer who let his overly excited 8 year old design the car on bring-your-child-to-work day won the competition.

All Audi's are getting like this now. Ghastly. Think they've employed some Yoof to inject some `Coolness` into the design. Fail !

[wab172uk]

I was hoping for a laugh this morning before work. But no mention of price. Given the price of an RS3, this will be £55-60k out of the box. Easily over £60k with essential options

[loveice]

Surely, VW will ditch the 2.0L 4-pot and put this in the new Golf R.

[Gio G]

Those performance figures look very conservative for 400 hp! Unless it is a porker, over 2 tons.... Big improvement from previous model, not my cup of tea.

G

[Rojo]

Audi Sales man: ‘How can I help you Sir?”
Me: ‘Please can I order a baby Urus, with 400bhp in green... now’.

[stongle]

His:



Hers:



Kids:



Can’t make my mind up if it’s genius business; or you’ve just killed you’re Halo brand…..

[Fetchez la vache]

loveice said:

Surely, VW will ditch the 2.0L 4-pot and put this in the new Golf R.

I would doubt that very much!

[Wills2]

Gio G said:

Those performance figures look very conservative for 400 hp! Unless it is a porker, over 2 tons.... Big improvement from previous model, not my cup of tea.

G

It's quite a small car isn't it? The article mentions the X4 as a rival but I think it's A3 based the X4 being a sector up from the Q3.

[PhantomPH]

markcoznottz said:

Litchfield upgrade? Remap and intercooler 500bhp?.

You'd have to be out of your mind to do that, tho. I spent some time behind the wheel of a previous gen RS3 when they were new and the standard power just felt like too much for the car even then. The power overwhelmed the chassis - I couldn't help thinking that it would have been a better car/more enjoyable drive if it actually had less power...not more.

I don't doubt that the car will be set up nicely for 400hp this time, but to up that to 500hp is probably asking far too much of the chassis to be anything other than a horrendous driving experience.

Note - I like the Sportback!

[kambites]

It's not for me, but I can certainly see the appeal of this sort of thing. The green is lovely but sadly I suspect almost all the cars we see on the road will be some variant of silver/grey or white.

[FoxtrotOscar1]

Like it or not its pretty much the perfect tool for long distance touring. Providing its not got some tiny fuel tank...

[9k rpm]

Wills2 said:

Gio G said:

Those performance figures look very conservative for 400 hp! Unless it is a porker, over 2 tons.... Big improvement from previous model, not my cup of tea.

G

It's quite a small car isn't it? The article mentions the X4 as a rival but I think it's A3 based the X4 being a sector up from the Q3.

Was going to say the same thing. PH really are clueless sometimes.

X4 would be equivalent to a Q5 sportback (if they made one) this is in the same segment as the X1/2 although the hottest one of those “only” has 300bhp in the X2 M35i. There is a rumour an X2 with 400bhp from a mild hybrid is coming though which will also go in the 1 series.

[Wills2]

FoxtrotOscar1 said:

Like it or not its pretty much the perfect tool for long distance touring. Providing its not got some tiny fuel tank...

A small crossover based on an A3 is a perfect tool for long distance touring?

[Carl_Manchester]

Glasgowrob said:

showed this to the missus, and the knicker elastic twanged across the room,

in green please,


this coming from a woman who hates the RS3 ????

children could be on the way mate. check for mothercare and boots receipts
sharpish.

[popeyewhite]

Pointless awful thing. Loved by housewives and car thieves to similar degrees. Doesn't do off road, handles like a car but hundreds of cars handle better, does it have the sensor in the exhaust like the SQ5? If so it'll have less wading depth than a BMW sedan. I suppose the seat looks quite comfy, but again there's any number of SUVs that are probably more comfy. I'd rather have the Skoda, pictured above.

[Torquey]

Wills2 said:

FoxtrotOscar1 said:

Like it or not its pretty much the perfect tool for long distance touring. Providing its not got some tiny fuel tank...

A small crossover based on an A3 is a perfect tool for long distance touring?

With no more than about 28 mpg...

[Initforthemoney]

Quite like the sport back tbh.

[fernando the frog]

Mr Tidy said:

Well let's be honest, you'd have one just because of the "frog" colour.

haha!

[anonymous-user]

That's not fit to wear an Audi RS badge. A centre of gravity that's far too high and not even wide arches to differentiate it from the rest of the range. Why would anyone would pay a premium for this hobbled thing over a normal RS3 is totally beyond me.