Rumour Mill: Audi Could Rock Frankfurt With A 350HP RS-3 WRX Killer

Audi has not yet officially unveiled an RS3 but we can let loose our imaginations, can't we?

An RS3 will most likely come with Audi's 2.5 liter, 5-cylinder turbocharged engine first seen in the TT RS. That engine produces 340 hp and 450 Nm of torque. It will also be a strict quattro (all-wheel drive). The Swedish mag is also speculating that an RS3 variant of that engine may be dialed up a little and feature anywhere from between 350 to 400 hp, making the model faster than an R8 with the 4.2 liter FSI engine.

If there is going to be an RS3, the Frankfurt motor show next month would be the ideal place to premiere it and that's what the Swedes at Auto, Motor & Sport are saying.


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freeagent - 8/24/2009 4:57:44 PM

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Just tone down the paint and boy-racer add-ons

MSP6 - 8/24/2009 7:58:29 PM

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^ Mitchell-like comment
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Plain stupid

fatandsassy - 8/24/2009 5:06:18 PM

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LOVE THE GRILLLLLLLLLLL

Runamukk - 8/24/2009 5:08:32 PM

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I love the gated shifter

ThierryHenry14 - 8/24/2009 5:57:31 PM

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Should be interesting...

Joe_Limon - 8/24/2009 9:06:27 PM

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What's an RS8?

Hmm, audi is claiming the v10 gets up to 1.2g on a skid pad. Which year of STi are you claiming can best that? I don't think any are above a 1g rating with stock tires yet.

And 0.5s off of 3.9s isn't just barely, maybe if they were running at 10 second 0-60 times. But the faster you get the exponentially harder it is to pick up time. Do to traction... i.e. a modified 600hp subaru will not get a 2.2s 0-60 time, it will probably get around 3.6s.

I really do like subaru, an 05 sti would be amazing to have. You just can't lie about numbers though...

VISO - 8/24/2009 10:17:34 PM

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We are talking about Audi NOT VW. Get your car companies straight. You sound stupid trying to put Audi down.

Joe_Limon - 8/24/2009 10:28:03 PM

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VW owns Audi, and a few Audi's (like the A3) are rebadged vw's.

Heyhuub - 8/25/2009 8:49:22 AM

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GTI-R? Since when does that excist? An Audi S3 can already achieve the same pace as an STI, an RS3 will destroy it.

Joe_Limon - 8/25/2009 1:08:24 AM

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huu76, why do number of cylinders or engine displacement matter when you get the same fuel economy (or better depending on the source) but with the more power out of the v10?

The older evo's are nothing more then a boxes with very large turbo on them. Sure it might kick you in the pants, but it's gonna be when you no longer want it.

Basically, the only thing good about the car is it's power/liter ratio. It's painful to drive, gets worse fuel economy then similarly powered larger displacement engines and it looks ugly imo.

Joe_Limon - 8/25/2009 1:09:44 AM

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ughh here's another request for an edit button.

rxh8me9000 - 8/25/2009 12:01:09 AM

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Viso,your the one that sounds stupid trying to correct someone and being wrong. Get your facts straight before you try to put someone down. Even if he was wrong,correct him in a nice way not like the little girl you seem to be.

Joe_Limon - 8/25/2009 11:40:08 PM

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Because for a 36 cylinder 22L engine to get good fuel economy, it would never rise above 200rpm, at those slow speeds it would be thermodynamically more fuel efficient allowing a better burn and would have a large advantage by have a very low amount of energy wasted through friction, but it would also be massive and hella expensive... and you are right, real engineering is about getting more from less, and in the case of engines, these larger displacement engines are getting more power from less fuel therefore I shall argue that they are better engineered then simply slapping a bigger turbo onto it.

Type707 - 8/26/2009 9:23:25 PM

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Loving it PERIOD. I think it will be a good comp. against the WRX