Looking at the domestic Audi RS family, from RS4/5/6/7 have been introduced domestically, and even RS Q8 has been imported into China at the end of last year, does this symbolize that RS3, which has just ushered in a new RS3 will also return to China?
At present, the new Audi RS3 was released in July last year, and was the first to be listed in the European market in the second half of last year, with the Sportback hatchback version starting at 60,000 euros (about 429,000 yuan) and the sedan version starting at 62,000 euros (about 443,300 yuan).
In terms of appearance, the new car basically continues the new A3 design, in order to highlight the new car for the RS family series, the front face is replaced with similar RS Q8 design elements, and the middle net part is blackened to make it look more combatant.
In addition, the new car's front face can also be seen to add a wide-body kit that is different from the A3 and S3, such as a more prominent design of the fender part, highlighting the car's distinctiveness.
It is reported that in addition to the "RS 3" logo on the new car logo that highlights the identity of the new car, the new style of LED headlight group can also show the identity of "RS 3", which is really worthy of the "light factory".
On the side of the body, the new car still continues the style of the new A3, but it can be seen that the new car has a fuller shape, thanks to the addition of more upgrade kits to the new car, making it look wider.
In terms of wheels, the new car comes standard with 19-inch three-dimensional aluminum alloy wheels and the latest red brake calipers, making the whole car look more domineering.
In terms of the rear, the new car adds more black design style, with thicker bilateral double exhaust outlets, so that it maintains a relatively low-key sporty posture, only through the tail label "RS 3" highlights that this is a high-performance "steel cannon".
In terms of interior, the new car adopts the new A3 imitation Lamborghini style, thanks to which the A3/S3/RS3 have a relatively combative sporty shape.
In particular, a set of sports seats with a large area of Alcantara material wrapping in the whole car, as well as full LCD instruments can display G value and other professional data, all make its sense of combat burst.
In terms of power, although the new car continues the old 2.5T five-cylinder engine, the maximum power is 294 kilowatts, the maximum peak torque is 500 Nm, and it matches the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, but the 3.8s breakthrough is still enough to be jaw-dropping, and the Mercedes-Benz A45 S with stronger power performance is only 3.9s of zero hundred acceleration.
At the same time, don't say that as a four-wheel drive Audi can not drift, the new car is equipped with Torque Splitter torque distribution system, which allows the new car to distribute all the torque to a single rear wheel in an extreme state, making the RS3 easy to float.
As the highest performance series of models in the family, the car is undoubtedly benchmarked against the Mercedes-Benz A-Class AMG and BMW M2.
Mercedes-Benz A45
Guidance price: 48.99-54.99 million yuan
BMW M2
Guidance price: 59.98-64.38 million yuan
In fact, the RS3, as the most entry-level performance steel gun of the Audi RS family, has entered the domestic market in 2017, but unfortunately, the new car has not been re-introduced in the following years, but the official preferred to introduce more "off-site" models such as RS Q8.
It's not hard to see that even if the more entry-level performance cars will be more accessible to consumers, the introduction of sales has always been extremely low.
So that the brand is more willing to introduce RS Q8 models that can enhance the brand image, after all, domestic consumers buy higher-priced models or achieve the pursuit of "brand attributes".
Netizen 1: Is there a possibility that this is the last five-cylinder Audi?
Netizen 2: I always feel that S4 is more fragrant, with a larger displacement, more cylinders and gears, but cheaper!
Netizen 3: The new generation of RS3 is really fragrant! It feels like the A45S and M2C have no advantage in front of it!
Netizen 4: Should it not be introduced? Don't let me down, Big Audi!
Netizen 5: It doesn't matter whether you enter the hatchback version or not, as long as you enter! Must buy!
Netizen 6: Upstairs, the hatchback version is not extravagant! You can't go wrong with your eyes closed and buy a sedan!
Netizen 7: It can be counted that waiting for the same interior of Lamborghini, the old RS3 owner said to replace!