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Audi S3 Sportback specs
| Car type | Compact |
| Curb weight | 1495 kg (3296 lbs) |
| Introduced | 2008 |
| Origin country | Germany |
| Gas mileage | 11.9-10.2 l/100 km (20-23 mpg US / 24-28 mpg UK) |
| Views | 50.4k |
| Submitted by | Georg |
Lap times
Performance
| 0 - 100 kph | 5.3 s |
| 0 - 200 kph | 21.5 s |
| 1000 m | 25.8 s |
| 80 - 120 kph | 8.0 s |
| Est. 100 - 200 kph | 16.2 s |
| Est. 0 - 60 mph | 5.4 s |
| 0 - 100 mph | 13.0 s |
| Est. 1/8 mile | 9.8 s @ 87.6 mph |
| 1/4 mile | 14.2 s |
| Top speed | 250 kph (156 mph) |
| Est. max acceleration | 0.59 g (6 m/s²) |
| 100 kph - 0 | 37 m (120 ft) |
Powertrain specs
| Engine type | inline4 16V Turbo |
| Displacement | 2.0 l (122 ci) |
| Power | 265 ps (261 bhp / 195 kw) |
| Torque | 350 Nm (258 lb-ft) |
| Power / liter | 133 ps (131 hp) |
| Power / weight | 177 ps (175 bhp) / t |
| Torque / weight | 234 Nm (173 lb-ft) / t |
| Efficiency | 24 PS per l/100 km |
| Transmission | 6-Speed S-tronic or 6-Speed manual |
| Layout | front engine, all wheel drive |
S3 Sportback competition
scootz99 13y ago
Further to previous post....took S3 on Silverstone track day for two 30 minute sessions (admittedly novice sessions), and no car passed me except for race tuned Lotus Exige. List of some of the cars overtaken: Porsche 911, BMW M3, BMW 135 M Sport, Golf R32, BMW 6 series, BMW 330i, BMW Z6, Audi TT + more. Quattro certainly gives a big advantage in corners (1st session semi wet, second session dry). Really pleased with the handling and performance.
scootz99 13y ago
Have had one for 6 weeks now. Love it. So far a Golf R32 and BMW 335i have tried to outperform it, and fail! And I can still get my drums and a PA in the back.
BlaqSmith 17y ago
@BumRush - I own an S3 Sportback and it's about 0.5 second slower to 100 than the 2 door. In Johannesburg, South Africa, the Sportback was tested by 3 publications and the best 0-62mph they achieved was 6.9s. The S3 is also detuned to 188Kw (255hp). hence the slower time. A chip will easily improve the acceleration to 5.9 at Johannesburg altitude, 1753m/5751 ft, above sea level.
Anonymous 17y ago
Cannot believe it my self!! Here in SA with the air pressure you can only get 7.1 out of the S3
dannemare 17y ago
As posted by Georg on the forum, the 5.3 time is from http://www.autozeitung.de/vergleichstest/kompaktsportler&show=einleitung-karosserie. Thanks, Georg.
Anonymous 17y ago
why would you even race a stock S3 vs a C4S??? like you didnt know what the outcome would be!
audi fan 17y ago
Just raced my wife's 997 4S in my S3 sportback, not much in it 0-140 km/h but the porsche pulled away after this but not by much. (and she does know how to drive the 997 btw)
Frederik Dannemare 17y ago
Hi
Where was the 0-100 time established as being 5.3 seconds? The regular S3 (http://www.fastestlaps.com/car459a7e3125a10.html) has a recorded time of 5.7 secs (same of the factory claim) which I can believe is true, but 5.3 for the Sportback....??? (which is even slightly heavier than the regular one)
