This car will easily be a performance bargain in the next 4-5 years. Seeing how the 2015 version is already available at 32k, the facelift is absolutely gonna catch up to it in price. Absolutely ridiculous how you will be able to buy a car for that price that does a quarter mile in 12 seconds flat.
Audi RS3 (8V facelift) specs
Price in Europe | €54,600 - €74,925 |
Car type | Compact |
Curb weight | 1559-1585 kg (3437-3494 lbs) |
Introduced | 2017 |
Origin country | Germany |
Gas mileage | 15.2-10.9 l/100 km (15-22 mpg US / 19-26 mpg UK) |
CO2 emissions | 285 g/km |
Views | 22.2k |
Submitted by | moegigo |
Lap times
Acceleration
0 - 40 kph | 1.2 s |
0 - 50 kph | 1.5 s |
0 - 100 kph | 3.8 s |
0 - 130 kph | 5.9 s |
0 - 160 kph | 8.8 s |
0 - 200 kph | 13.9 s |
Est. 0 - 60 mph | 3.6 s |
Est. 1/8 mile | 8.4 s @ 100.0 mph |
1/4 mile | 12.0 s |
General performance
Top speed | 280 kph (174 mph) |
Est. 0 - 100 mph - 0 | 15.2 s @ 1286 ft |
Est. max acceleration | 0.82 g (8 m/s²) |
18m slalom | 69.2 kph (43.0 mph) |
100 kph - 0 | 33 m (107 ft) |
200 kph - 0 | 136 m (446 ft) |
Powertrain specs
Engine type | 5 cylinder Turbo |
Displacement | 2.5 l (151 ci / 2480 cc) |
Power | 400 ps (395 bhp / 294 kw) @ 5850 rpm |
Torque | 480 Nm (354 lb-ft) @ 1700 rpm |
Power / liter | 161 ps (159 hp) |
Power / weight | 254 ps (251 bhp) / t |
Torque / weight | 305 Nm (225 lb-ft) / t |
Efficiency | 32 PS per l/100 km |
Power / €5000 | 32 ps |
Transmission | 7-Drive Auto S tronic |
Layout | front engine, all wheel drive |
Rolling acceleration
60 - 100 kph (4) | 3.9 s |
60 - 100 kph (5) | 5.7 s |
80 - 120 kph (4) | 3.9 s |
80 - 120 kph (5) | 5.0 s |
80 - 120 kph (6) | 6.8 s |
80 - 120 kph (7) | 10.1 s |
80 - 160 kph (4) | 8.3 s |
80 - 160 kph (5) | 11.4 s |
80 - 160 kph (6) | 14.9 s |
80 - 160 kph (7) | 20.1 s |
60 - 160 kph | 6.5 s |
Est. 100 - 200 kph | 10.1 s |
RS3 competition
Inline 6 rules 7y ago
0-100: 3.8 s
0-130: 5.9 s
0-160: 8.8 s
0-200: 13.9 s
1/4 mile: 12.04 s
Top speed: 280 km/h
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dedethecollector/35194321155/in/photolist-21hvgj5-21jzcrm-DeERW1-XNnxXV-Xcj9fA-XNnxoZ-XNnx6K-XJfkL9-XJfkFj-XAaDoB-WTKEhY-XnU2ui-W72Qp9-XiXyey-XiXvuf-XiXrVw-VyDPQ5-VCfbVz-UoGfbk-VyDPfY-VnBMjE-VnoFkw-VC16LV-VnoFeQ-VC16wB-VC16mM-Vyr1M1-VyqY9W-THnqYV-THnqWv-UKdRM8-SakJmN-RP3eXc-RDihnG-QWqui1-QWqud1-QWqtww-RDigVQ-RqiqPj-RWk5Vd-RWk5SY-RqhWLW-RP3eUM-RP3ePr-RP3eMc-RP3eHp-RP3eEi-RP3eAR-RP3ewn-KJYpkk
Inline 6 rules 7y ago
0-100 km/h: 4 s
0-160: 9.2 s
0-200: 14.8 s
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dedethecollector/38278867502/
latvietis96 7y ago
First lap time in for the RS3:
RUNDENZEIT SACHSENRING Audi
RS 3 Sportback (FL)
1:40,01 min
Source: Auto Bild Sportscars July 2017
Still notably slower than the M2 though
moegigo 7y ago
They wrote:
- that the damper setting was not stiff enough for a track setup,
- difficult to handle on the limit
- still a bit the haldex problem under power but what is new: when you lift of the gas pedal you can generate an unpleasant overstear reaction
- Pirelli P Zero R02 had inferior grip
- Brakes: even the ceramic discs fail on tracktest
all together you can not really capitalize on the power advantage
So what should be done IMHO is a serious brakes cooling (than you could stay with steel brakes?! -5000Euro), optional semislick (about 1000 Euro Nankang AR1?), optional superlight wheels (open end), optional trackday chassis setting (about 2-3000 Euro).
-> together about -4s on the Sachsenring?!
moegigo / Hans Batter
moegigo 7y ago
Added Hatch
It lost comparison against BMW M2 on Sachsenring:
M2: 1.37.77
RS 3 1.40.01
http://www.autobild.de/artikel/audi-rs-3-bmw-m2-test-11932379.html
BTW: Peak Power and Torque is not on 1 RPM with modern engines:
Max. 294 kW (400 PS) 5850-7000 min -1
Max. NM 480/1700 - 5850 Nm min -1