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    #32
    UhOh
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭UhOh


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Will be interesting to see the new RS3 tested against the Golf R and whether it is worth the extra money.


    RS3 will up against the A45 and then the Focus RS & Golf R400 when they arrive next year.

    Add the sports exhaust & adaptive suspension on the RS3 & you're up to an eye watering 70k.....not sure any hatchback is worth that sort of cash.


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    #33
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,112 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Always thought:

    Hot hatch - Golf GTi, Audi S3
    Super hot hatch - Golf R, Audi RS3

    It would seem the RS3 is being pushed as a hyper hot hatch then.


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    #34
    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users Posts: 5,128 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    I saw one the other day in Limerick. Red one with a 151 plate.

    Edit: in hindsight it may have been an s3. It had quad pipes where as the rs3 has two fat rear pipes according to google.


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    #35
    Rob C
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭Rob C


    The Golf R is the S3 with the VW badge. RS3 is in a different league.

    But have to say, I wouldn't be pushed looking beyond the S3, a very good car. More expensive than the Golf R though due to the 4 rings. Though the cabin is way nicer in the Audi.


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    #36
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users Posts: 5,540 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    Wow that's some price for the RS3. Crazy money when you can have an M135i for €50k, and that's got rear wheel drive and a six pot engine as standard. Plus, it's available with a manual gearbox.


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    #37
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭testicle


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Always thought:

    Hot hatch - Golf GTi, Audi S3
    Super hot hatch - Golf R, Audi RS3

    It would seem the RS3 is being pushed as a hyper hot hatch then.

    Hot Hatch - Golf GTi, Audi A3 2.0T
    Hotter Hatch - Golf R, Audi S3
    Hotter again Hatch - Golf R400/420, Audi RS3


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    #38
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,878 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    roasting hatch -


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    #39
    RedorDead
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RedorDead


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Always thought:

    Hot hatch - Golf GTi, Audi S3
    Super hot hatch - Golf R, Audi RS3

    It would seem the RS3 is being pushed as a hyper hot hatch then.

    Both the S3 and Golf R have the same 4 cylinder 2.0TFSI engine with 300bhp and four wheel drive (quattro or 4Motion).

    RS3 gets the 5 cylinder 2.5TFSI with 367bhp.

    Different (crazier) beast.


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    #40
    UhOh
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭UhOh


    facelift A45 AMG is due in September apparently, bhp is up from 360 to 380 so the RS3 won't have the most powerful hatch crown for long


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    UhOh wrote: »
    facelift A45 AMG is due in September apparently, bhp is up from 360 to 380 so the RS3 won't have the most powerful hatch crown for long

    Granted its not stock but I believe MTM and others can get the RS3 north of 470hp. Serious business.


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    UhOh
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭UhOh


    ironclaw wrote: »
    Granted its not stock but I believe MTM and others can get the RS3 north of 470hp. Serious business.

    apparently American tuners are getting +500bhp out of the 2.3 Mustang EcoBoost engine, same engine is in the new Focus RS.


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    #43
    ofcork
    Registered Users Posts: 5,352 ✭✭✭ofcork


    ironclaw wrote: »
    Granted its not stock but I believe MTM and others can get the RS3 north of 470hp. Serious business.

    Doubt the tuners brabus etc will be able to get much more from the A45 as its only a 2 litre.


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