‘Next Audi RS3 gets a five cylinder’

Posted on 24-03-2014 at 13:24 by Ricardo – 35 Comments”

To use the words of Hubert J. Farnsworth: “Good news, everyone!”

The downsizetrend attracts not to Audi over. At the beginning of this month, they showed proud a conceptual four-cylinder 2.0 TFSI with 420 hp in the Audi TT quattro sport concept. A direct threat to the holy cilindergeluid by Audi’s vijfpitters is created. In addition, competitors such as Mercedes know with four cylinders all 360 hp in the hot lead to frommelen. That is already a hit more than the previous RS3 from five cylinders managed to get to, namely 340 hp.

There are in the last days, however, a few reassuring words cases. In the BNR Autoshow called Audi the Netherlands that the following TT-RS is a five cylinder with at least 350 hp, and during the launch of the S3 Cabrio caught CarAdvice that there are and a next RS3 is coming and that this is also a five cylinder. Audi ceo Frank Gruner, it’s head of design in the RS-branch, denied that Audi farewell of the 2.5 liter five cylinder:

“The RS3 was a big success, we sold a lot more than we ever thought we would. I think people would miss the sound of the five-cylinder. In Germany and perhaps Australia the sound is as important as the power. Within Audi, it is a big tradition. Audi friends on the outside, they want the five-cylinder.”

This is the answer. Audi’s Quattro GmbH, responsible for all RS models, the next generation, no distance is of the five cylinder. About the cubic capacity and the hp are still no uitpsraken done, but we may at least 350 hp.

Even more good news? Yes, because Audi has the tradition that the RS models are always at the end of the life cycle of a model introduced recently broken. We do not have to wait long for the new RS3. Go that him the beginning of 2015 already can drive.