Welcome to Tech in the Car! Yesterday Audi previewed the new RS3
It wasn’t a full unveiling as that is still to come but they showed off the first pictures
and even some video and in this video I am going to show you around it and talk about
some of the design details!
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Let’s get into it!
Everyone has been waiting for the new RS3 and as an RS3 owner myself I have been waiting
to see what Audi would do myself! Would they keep the amazing 5 cylinder engine or would
they go to the 4 Cylinder like Mercedes is doing with the C63.
Luckily thats not the case it will be available as a Sportback and sedan or limousine or saloon
(depending on what country you are in).
We don’t know the power yet but hopefully it will be more powerful than the A45S with
a special performance edition of the RS3 which is more than the 421BHP of the Mercedes.
What we have seen is the Firing order of the cylinders on the side of the car and is specifically
meant to make a bit hard to see what's going on but I've done a bit of looking to the details
of research and I've gone and deep and I've got some information based on what I can see!
So why? the new managing director of Audi Sport Sebastian Grams had a chat with Rolf
Mickel who's the head of sales and marketing for Audi and I apologise if I said your name
is wrong! I'm not German but hopefully was ok.. and they talked about the new Audi RS
range yesterday and how is more sustainable and they included their first look at the
RS3 in saloon and sportback so I zoomed in on it I've had a look in detail and why some
design features we can see on the new RS3 until it's fully announced!
The first thing that caught my attention was there appears to be a vent behind the front
wheel arches and the front wheel arches are really flared and this is the first RS3 has
had that and it's a feature which you only get on the R8 in the Audi range as no other
cars that I'm aware of have a vent behind the wheel but if I wrong to let me know in
the comments below…
That makes it really really aggressive to look at and the front wheel arches are really
flared and the back wheel arches may also be really flared but the wrap makes it little
bit hard to really tell how flared they are!
Who doesn't love great alloy wheels on their car!? and if I'm honest Audi have been lacking
a bit compared to Mercedes and BMW with alloy wheel design but the good news is the new
RS3 lease the wheels we saw on the RS3 in this event look very very cool they look to
be lightweight wheels similar to VW Pretoria alloy wheels! I really loved those on my Golf
R and they're not exactly the same design but they definitely show that same family
likeness and they look really really awesome!
The front of the car it looks more like a baby RS6 in that it's got the same design
at the front of wider grille and the model shown have blacked out badges on the front;
I personally prefer the not blacked out people who blacked out car what about the brakes
the brakes look like they might be offset slightly and sit further back something has
lost people later modifying their cars because the alloy wheels and the brakes really really
close on the RS3 they literally look to be a millimetre or two between the two in these
cars that wasn't the case it looks like there's a bit of a gap that which has a much more
sporty look
But well the one thing I did not like and why Audi why did you do it?! is a rear bumper
appears to have fake vents all the way along it they look horrible to me! And that won’t
stop me wanting an RS3 and hopefully when the final model is out without the camouflage
it might actually show them having a purpose but that's the only thing I didn't like about
it other than that they have the same features of the current new generation 8Y A3 and we
have the same lights and the same overall design but what's cool about this is there
are few distinct features which we haven't seen on the RS3 before which will be coming
to it we don't know yet when it's going to be officially announced…
I suspect it will be towards the end of summer and might be available before the end of this
year but we are never sure stay to take in the car for the latest on that because as
an RS3 on it I want to know the most about it I can!