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This is my November update on the cars there's a load of stuff to get through detailed technical
information dealer stock updates all the delays reviews there's a load so please stay tuned to
this video please subscribe and give me a like if you want to see more on this channel let's get
into it right now let's start with order updates so what's going on well there's good news and
there's bad news the good news is there are base level cars and launch edition cars going out to
dealers right now most of those are not customer orders although there are a few custom orders that
are on their way right now i don't know how they managed to get so lucky as to get an order this
quickly but anyway there are some going out and there's stuff in the showrooms as well so i have a
video of my first look around a white rs3 launch edition sportback you can see it on my channel
the link will be somewhere down below here but there's also a load of other great footage such
as this daytona gray rs3 sedan in germany which looks amazing so have a look at this footage now!
what are the dealers doing with the car to getting well unfortunately or fortunately depending on
your perspective it seems that they're selling and there seems to be some massive markups there's a
sport back being sold for 68 000 pounds in the uk which is way over list somebody will probably buy
it but audi come on that's not cool right we've ordered it lots of people have ordered cars
and you're getting stock to dealers which is really random which they're then charging extra
for please sort it out please hold it come on and that brings me on to the next thing
the vorsprung so the vorspring has had 360 degree camera removed from the spec
and it's got 500 pounds cheaper as a result this is due to the global chip shortage
it's really frustrating because a lot like lots of other people i really wanted a 360 camera
i think it's a really cool feature to have it helps you protect your wheels from getting curved
so leaving it out removing that camera is already a big disappointment along with the fact there's
no design packs so all the stuff i'm going to show you in a minute about the interior and the
technology is not there on the uk car so that's a disappointment howdy uk you're really letting
us down let's have a look at some technical information now courtesy of audi uk thanks to
them updating their information on their media site now it's the same engine that's on the 8v
rs3 but audi are calling out some of the changes they made back then and that's still true
now for example don't forget we've got 500 meters of torque which is available lower in the power
band which means you get better performance on top of that we've got a large turbocharger with a 1.5
bar maximum boost it's been optimized for weight saving with a magnesium oil pan and hollow board
crankshaft and there's an aluminium cramp case and then of course don't forget that fantastic sound
that the rs3 makes from the five-cylinder engine which is one two four five three which makes that
fantastic sound the car can do a launch control in 3.8 seconds or faster depending on the video
reviews which are out now you've probably seen they've been getting between 3.1 and 3.8 seconds
that's very very impressive in fact carl managed to get an 11.98 quarter mile number
and there's a video of the car drag racing an rs6 which is really really cool as well to see
the performance of the rs3 it really is fantastic and then of course the end of the drag race you
put it into rs taught rear and he started drifting around with a lot of fun like that
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let's celebrate this my friends let's have a look at the drive modes now so there are
several drive modes but the new drive modes are rs performance which is designed for track
it optimizes a powertrain and makes a driving neutral so there's no understeer or oversteer
which is a really key component here and a criticism of the previous generation rs3
however in rs torque rear that puts the powertrain into sporty mode as well as a suspension and it
causes oversteer so you can drift there's a lot of fun with that going on and you can see that here
the new rs3 has all new lights in fact the matrix lights have a special
rs3 start up and a checkered flange design and it does an animation when you turn the car on
let's talk about the new options on the virtual cockpit which let you change what's display
when you're driving we've got rs sport round dials which are traditional round dials one on each side
then we have our rs performance which has got sort of the boomerang shaped
diodes which gives you the rev counter and then we've got rs runway design which is all new
in the interior everywhere apart from the uk we have the amazing rs design packs which add red or
green accents and alcantara on the steering wheel and a 12 o'clock steering wheel marking which is
not available in the uk thank you very much elder uk and then of course we have tons of space in
the rear the seats fold down just like you would expect of any car especially one in the e3 family
the other cool thing is i've had an opportunity to have a look at the instruction manufacturer
and i can confirm a couple of things which i find really interesting first of all there is wireless
android auto and wireless carplay included with the rs3 now the negative of that there is no
wireless charging in uk models which means that you'll have to plug it in with a wire or have
your battery run down doesn't make any sense again computer shortage they remove the wireless
charging and the phone box light which improves phone reception in the car the next thing which
is really cool is there is a new audi connect key which allows you to basically use your phone to
access the car and to start the car i saw this on the launch edition model that i checked out
for myself in my video and it's really really interesting to see hopefully that will remain on
the uk cars however is an optional spec and again i don't think it is on the uk cars unfortunately
why audi why are you taking away all the cool features you know i love the rs3 i've ordered a
new rs3 i won an rs3 but why are you making it less good because of delays well quite frankly
you're not helping with the delays because they're still super delayed and lastly to summarize let's
just talk about some of the reviews the reviews in general of this car are it has amazing performance
which rivals anything else out there for the price there's nothing which comes close it's almost as
fast as an rs6 it launches faster than rs6 it has better performance than an rs4 and you can
drift it if you want to of course the rs torque rear allows you to have better control and better
stabilization in all kinds of weather conditions it's not just about drifting so it adds to the
drivability and people are saying that it has that playfulness which the previous rs3 is lacked now i
urge you to take this under advisement because i bought an audi because i like the stability
i didn't want the rear end drifting all over the place so the chances are that this characteristic
change might mean it's not as fun to drive for me personally it's because the journalists like
it doesn't mean we're all going to like it so just be aware of that drive it for yourself check
it out for yourself i suppose you could always leave it in rs performance mode 24 hours a day
and then it would never have understand never oversteer and return it perfectly every single
time i hope you found this video useful please give me a like please subscribe
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