https://www.topgear.com/car-news/big-reads/archives-volkswagen-golf-r32-vs-audi-s3-vs-bmw-130i around the top gear track this audi s3 did a 1:33.1 on a very very wet lap, @fastestlaps please can you add this time?
Audi S3 (8P) specs
Price in Europe | €35,150 |
Price in Britain | £27,000 - £31,535 |
Car type | Compact |
Curb weight | 1450-1522 kg (3197-3355 lbs) |
Introduced | 2006 |
Origin country | Germany |
Gas mileage | 16.2-7.2 l/100 km (15-33 mpg US / 17-39 mpg UK) |
Views | 130.9k |
Lap times
Performance
0 - 80 kph | 3.8 s |
0 - 100 kph | 5.3 s |
0 - 120 kph | 7.7 s |
0 - 130 kph | 9.0 s |
0 - 140 kph | 10.6 s |
0 - 160 kph | 13.0 s |
0 - 180 kph | 18.4 s |
0 - 200 kph | 21.5 s |
0 - 60 mph | 5.6 s |
0 - 100 mph | 12.4 s |
Est. 1/8 mile | 9.6 s @ 88.2 mph |
1/4 mile | 13.9 s |
Top speed | 250 kph (155 mph) |
Est. max acceleration | 0.57 g (6 m/s²) |
18m slalom | 65.3 kph (40.6 mph) |
Powertrain specs
Engine type | Inline 4, Turbocharged |
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 | 180 ps (177 bhp) / t |
Torque / weight | 237 Nm (175 lb-ft) / t |
Efficiency | 25 PS per l/100 km |
Power / €5000 | 38 ps |
Transmission | 6 |
Layout | front engine, all wheel drive |
Braking distance
100 kph - 0 | 36 m (118 ft) |
190 kph - 0 | 134 m (440 ft) |
30 mph - 0 | 9 m (29 ft) |
60 mph - 0 | 34 m (112 ft) |
70 mph - 0 | 46 m (152 ft) |
Rolling acceleration
60 - 100 kph (4) | 4.5 s |
60 - 100 kph (5) | 7.0 s |
80 - 120 kph (5) | 6.1 s |
80 - 120 kph (6) | 8.3 s |
Est. 100 - 200 kph | 17.4 s |
30 - 70 mph | 5.1 s |
S3 competition
Anonymous 17y ago
circuit de nevers magny cours:
javi( spain) 17y ago
Scan super test of Audi S3 265ps at Inta Circuit ( Automovil magazine):
http://www.forocoches.com/foro/showthread.php?p=27648138#post27648138
Georg 19y ago
http://www.autobild.de/artikel/Themen-Sportscars-Familien-Zwist_364563.html
just to prove that the Nürburgring laptime was no bs..they have the article now online
marco 19y ago
By the way, you can verify Porsche performances on Nurburgring track by looking this scan.
http://www.autopareri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21291
FastestLaps 19y ago
Mission still isn't completely accomplished. There are some more 2-3 lap time circuits added for the same reason - Mantorp Park, for example. Only two lap times - for Corvette and 997 Turbo - to show how million billion times Corvette Z06 is faster than 997 Turbo. Comon people! No more track tests and lap times for such tracks? If "Auto Motor & Sport" tested Z06 and 997T at Mantorp Park, they, probably, have tested some more cars too. At least I hope so. Otherwise I will delete this track as well. And this is not the only one 3-time track left in our list.
FastestLaps 19y ago
S3 lap time may be correct but it does not matter now - I already removed Nurburgring F1 course from site. Only because it did not have enough lap times. If a track has only one lap time then it's useless. Ah, btw, don't apologize for your English. I am also not American or British. I am Latvian.
Anonymous 19y ago
I agree with yor solution, but in my opinion S 3 laptimes was correct.
If you look at Z 06's corner and straight speed, you'll realize the problem is the driver.
It's no a new situation, sometimes the tester has no familiarity with car and circuit, so the laptimes are unusefull.
Top Auto, an italian magazine, published a test of 911 turbo and gt 3 in the same nurburgring configuration of Z06 test.
So i can compare the different corner and straight speed and i can realize that Corvette is very far to limit.
The driver wasn't very good.
GT 3 and turbo run with a DTM driver and laptimes is what you expect from that cars.
1:40.8 Turbo
1:41.5 GT 3
Excuse for my english, i'm italian
FastestLaps 19y ago
I think the best solution would be to remove Nurburgring F1 Course because it has only 2 lap times and even those two are suspicious.
FastestLaps 19y ago
Yes, you are right, Marco. Configuration shown in that reference page is clearly not compleate F1 loop. So I renamed the track "Nurburgring F1 Circuit (short)". It is possible that Audi S3 run even shorter configuration. It would be nice if Georg could scan that Audi S3 track test for us.
marco 19y ago
Z06 run in the short track, you can verify this by looking on the link.
Do you really think thath a stock Corvett is only 25 second slower tha a F 1 car???
A gallardo standard ran in 2:23 in the full track, MV Agusta 1000 in 2:13. Do you think Z06 coould do 1:55.
See the layout of the track in the magazine website and you'll understand is the short track (abouto 3,6 km).
So, the Z 06 can't be slower than S 3.
It's ridicoulous.
The driver of Z06 was very far from car's limit.
Anonymous 19y ago
Z06 ran the full F1 track. It was very close to the Aston Martin DBR9 race car who was faster by fractions of second. DBR9 was deleted.
Are you guys serious about having the Audi S3 faster than C6 Z06???
FastestLaps 19y ago
Please provide a proper reference link. Otherwise lap time for Balocco will be deleted.