nbritt Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Does anyoone have any useful links or pics of the forthcoming RS3. I have heard that it may be available next year with a 3.2 Turbo engine(350 BHP). If so I want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Any thing you see or get will simply be someones imagination with the odd bit of truth thrown in. We haven't even got an S3 so don't expect an RS soon or possibly ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 There is even a RS3 forum.... but no car to really talk about. Best current guess as Scotty says is that there isn't going to be one it will be an S3 only, in the short to medium term at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobK Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I'm ringing the dealer today to get my deposit back. Can't see it appearing for a long time yet, if ever. I originally ordered one in 2001! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Yeah its a shame, I just don't think they could agree on what it was going to be and they didn't want to put more resources into producing it with so many new models on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_G Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'd love to think there was one in the pipeline but two things preclude. One is what everyone has picked up on, no S3 as yet. Second if it were to have 350 bhp it will pull sales from the S4 and verge on competition for the RS4 in terms of power to weight. Audi are very unlikely to do damage sales of higher valued models and steal sales from themselves. If that were the case then it would be after the B8 S4 and the B7 RS4 finished. Hence why the latter only has 420 bhp so as not to compete with a 450 bhp RS6. And there is no S8 until the Le Mans concept is finalised for power stakes. Granted all different machines but never has Audi overlaped it models with disproportionate power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 The old RS4 engine would have been nice to put in to the RS3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsta Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 And it would of understeered like a rocking horse! just ask Kim Collins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 lol, he even took it to AmD to get it sorted IIRC!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateknight Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I'd like to know where the idea that Audi where going to do an RS3 came from? Can't see much of a market for a £30k+ hatchback. S3 could be possible, but with what engine? 3.6 fsi V6 (from Touareg /U.S spec Passat)?. Possibly warmed over a bit to give 300ps? This would make sense with Audis move away from turbos to natural aspiration in its S ranges. Or a version of the excellent 2.0Tfsi (perhaps with the 'twincharger' technology due out soon). Should be able to make 250ps if not more. Of course this is all pure conjecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werejackal Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I'd like to know where the idea that Audi where going to do an RS3 came from? Can't see much of a market for a £30k+ hatchback. [/ QUOTE ] Renault did it with the Clio V6. I reckon Audi are far better placed to enter that kind of market; A premium brand and badge that's well known for quality and holding its value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 RS3 IT WONT HAPPEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 I tend to agree with Audi_Smitten, I put a deposit on one about 2 and a half years ago, but nothing has ever come of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Dont worry.... all things come to those who wait.... 3.2 FSi 320bhp high reving engine..... Riz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 In your dreams. The S3 will be well worth the wait. Cannot wait to see an S3 Sportback. The RS3 however is mythical. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTI_Boi Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Don't get your hopes up on an S3 Sportback - not gonna be one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Cannot wait to see an S3 Sportback. [/ QUOTE ] That would look hideous and I doubt very much that they will do the S3 in sportback form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 [ QUOTE ] In your dreams. The S3 will be well worth the wait. Cannot wait to see an S3 Sportback. The RS3 however is mythical. Ian [/ QUOTE ]Well dont rule it out just yet.... its merely been set-back Riz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Cannot wait to see an S3 Sportback. [/ QUOTE ] That would look hideous and I doubt very much that they will do the S3 in sportback form [/ QUOTE ] Why? I reckon the current A3 Sportback is better looking than the A3 3dr. Biased perhaps as I have a soft spot for fast Audi Avants. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 The RS3 has about as much chance of existing as Riz has of getting a date. So maybe it might happen, one day, with someone called Steve.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 hmmmm The Audi RSSteve doesnt sound quite right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I'd like to know where the idea that Audi where going to do an RS3 came from? Can't see much of a market for a £30k+ hatchback. [/ QUOTE ] What like a R32 or 130 with any spec? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] The RS3 has about as much chance of existing as Riz has of getting a date. So maybe it might happen, one day, with someone called Steve.... [/ QUOTE ]Just you wait and see..... about that RS3 that is.... Riz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 NEVER going to happen. Hopefully Audi will make up for it with the S3, especially in lovely Sportback <font color="#666666">dis</font>guise... Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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