[L1ARR]

Interestingly enough, a lot of the FL disbelievers haven't been to vocal since Audi's announcement today. Am sure they are currently munching their way through humble pie.

It's great to see we have been gifted with Ceramics this time, no mention of buckets so let's see if we can start another Bucket seat debate

Keep up the banter it's great.

[monopole]

What? The saloon was always coming, we knew that. No SB details, and no UK market details. Take a seat in the back, it's dark there.

[kalexan]

If it looked like that I'd be queueing up to put a deposit down!

 

I've been waiting ages for a new RS saloon and I'm a little bit... Meh.

 

For about 99,000? Euros it is available to buy, probably cost twice that to make it road legal though... plus its running the VW 4 Cylinder turbo engine, as the regs don't allow 5.

 

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[Johnnycarpetman]

Big dissapiontment visually.

[Chungster]

That RS3 LMS needs to be in the BTCC!


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[P_G]

Interestingly enough, a lot of the FL disbelievers haven't been to vocal since Audi's announcement today. Am sure they are currently munching their way through humble pie.

It's great to see we have been gifted with Ceramics this time, no mention of buckets so let's see if we can start another Bucket seat debate

Keep up the banter it's great.

The 8V SB at Geneva in 2015 had ceramics and they never materialised so don't get your hopes up just yet!


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[Gorillajebus]

Exactly that P_G.

 

Also (I can't find the text passage right now) said at the reveal that the "new" RS3 has got an additional duct for more ventilation in the wheel wells...

 

 

Der neue Spitzensportler im Kompaktsegment bringt seinen sportlichen Charakter auch optisch zum Ausdruck. Der Singleframe mit dreidimensionalem Wabengitter trägt im unteren Bereich einen quattro-Schriftzug. Darunter erstreckt sich ein Blade über die gesamte Breite der Front bis in die seitlichen Lufteinlässe. Hier bildet es schmale Trichter, die der besseren Luftströmung durch die Radhäuser dienen. LED-Scheinwerfer mit markanter Tagfahrlicht-Signatur sind Serie, optional liefert Audi Scheinwerfer in Matrix LED-Technologie.

 

I think the text is talking about the Nr.2 vents in the picture below. It basically says that those things are supposed to give a better ventilation to the wheel wells.

Edited by Gorillajebus, 29 September 2016 - 08:29 PM.

[Spaceman_RS3]

There's a s3 saloon in the btcc doesn't do very well has a proper wife arch kit too.

Audi blurb says front carbon ceramics are an option for the saloon.

[Gorillajebus]

So apparently the new TT-RS has been delayed because of a problem with the refrigerant.

The old refrigerant R134a has got a higher flashpoint but is not allowed in the EU anymore.

 

What Audi is going to do about it is currently unknown. Whether they have to redesign the cooling circuit or not and which refrigerant they can use.

 

Since the TT-RS does have these problems the new RS3 saloon might be affected as well.

 

The fact with the refrigerant has been confirmed by several sources which are independent to each other.

Edited by Gorillajebus, 09 October 2016 - 12:40 PM.

[Duke3D]

There's a s3 saloon in the btcc doesn't do very well has a proper wife arch kit too.

Audi blurb says front carbon ceramics are an option for the saloon.

 

Maybe its the women glued to the wings slowing it down 

[Gorillajebus]

"13 Things You Didn’t Know About the 2018 Audi RS3"

 

 

 

 

http://www.automobil...453726EBA71FD3D

[Fivepotfan]

Here's a taster video of the new RS3 Saloon. Some key parts which may/will ..... (delete as appropriate ) appear on any a new sportback version in the future.

 

Some good footage of the virtual cockpit and also some interesting shots of the brakes (at 5.40) - are those ceramics making an appearance again?

Front spoiler/bumper also has what looks like extra vents, hopefully these are not just for show and actually channel cool air into the brakes. 

Alcantara seems to have swapped places with the leather bits on the steering wheel - great for grip but will show wear really quickly if you have sweaty or wet hands.

Not sure if the exhaust sound has been toned down a bit - no pops and bangs?

 

[terminator x]

I wonder if anyone will wait for the ceramics only for them to not turn up again?! Any mention of buckets seats

 

TX.

 

Edit - those wheels are just yuck though!

 

2nd edit - just RS on the seats and steering wheel (not RS3), perhaps going to share RS products across platforms?

Edited by terminator x, 07 November 2016 - 08:45 AM.

[Ozmosis]

Hmmm not sure those 'additional vents' are vents. Maybe just blanks like on ours.

Brakes are for sure ceramics on the video. Deja vous??

Those wheels do not look good at all. Yes the rotors have been done to death but they do look better than those.

Virtual cockpit looks good though!

[booker]

Still looks dull, dull, dull......

[MacD]

I really find it sounds very much dulled down compared to the Mk2 and poor compared to the new TTRS, no where near as raspy!

 

I wonder if thats showing the sports or standard set up. 

 

Agree with you guys on the wheels, so much better out there !

[billyali86]

A member on another forum has just swapped his sportback wheels for this. The 19 inch option for the golf r. Think it looks awesome. If I go for saloon I'll be going down this route I think



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[IOWRS3]

A member on another forum has just swapped his sportback wheels for this. The 19 inch option for the golf r. Think it looks awesome. If I go for saloon I'll be going down this route I think Hope he doesn't mind me using his pic Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The VW pretoria are beautiful looking wheels!

[kalexan]

Here's a taster video of the new RS3 Saloon. Some key parts which may/will ..... (delete as appropriate ) appear on any a new sportback version in the future.

 

Some good footage of the virtual cockpit and also some interesting shots of the brakes (at 5.40) - are those ceramics making an appearance again?

Front spoiler/bumper also has what looks like extra vents, hopefully these are not just for show and actually channel cool air into the brakes. 

Alcantara seems to have swapped places with the leather bits on the steering wheel - great for grip but will show wear really quickly if you have sweaty or wet hands.

Not sure if the exhaust sound has been toned down a bit - no pops and bangs?

 

Interesting, seems to be missing the character of the Sportback, as is the TTRS, though the engine sounds more raspy? The TTRS advert is laughable, the difference in sound between comfort and dynamic is shades of grey.

 

 

Still no TTRS prices or configurator in the UK either, I wonder how much of an impact Brexit will have on future RS releases? Bearing in mind the mainland Euro prices are currently higher than what we pay in the UK.

[Mlager]

I got news from my dealer in Sweden today, and The news was suprising!!! I still have no news for you about the facelift RS3 , i belive that Audi having som troubels with this model , i men the ttrs was launcht in feb 2016 and you cant order it anyware!! and then i found 4 Audi ttrs facelift on bytbil.com apx 90.000€ each. strange because you can't config the ttrs on the Audi site. so in this pase mayby we can order a facelift RS3 late 2017 for delivery 2018 in time for the relase of a brand new a3 so there are no mening to relase it att all. And Audi sport are to relase 8new models the comming 18mounths sure but you cant bye them a happy RS3 8v2016 owner.

Edited by Mlager, 03 December 2016 - 10:00 PM.