Golf R Specifications and Prices

[Corey_R]

Hot weather, or sister-car-market-protection?

[team_v]

That RS3 is going to be a beast of a car.
0-100 in 4.5 is brutally fast.

Still, it will roll in close to 100k here imho.

[triode12]

Unless you need the space, the money would be better spent on a used Cayman S or Boxter S.

[simonm]

So the RS3 has a hair more power and torque than an APR Stage 1 Golf R, and achieves a hair faster times.

Golf R is definitely a good value proposition!

[team_v]

So the RS3 has a hair more power and torque than an APR Stage 1 Golf R, and achieves a hair faster times.

Golf R is definitely a good value proposition!

Hahahaha.
The Mk6 section is hilarious!
When we used this justification to state why the Tiguan is a potent beast we got slaughtered by the future R owners.


Now it seems that it is a reasonable justification for R owners to use when faced with a more powerful car that costs more?

[dave_r]

OFFTOPIC: Audi RS3 details are out! 0-100 in 4.6s.

NFI why they keep using that red for RS press media, its crap. And sportback only? urgh! For the $100k plus they'll be asking, its poor value. By the time we get it, that shape A3 will have been out for wayyyy too long.

When we used this justification to state why the Tiguan is a potent beast we got slaughtered by the future R owners.

Cost aside, R vs Tig is not the same type/size of car. 5dr R vs RS3 is the same market effectively just more upmarket.

[REXman]

So is the RS3 is going to be offered AS WELL as the S3? Or instead of? WOW 100k for a hatch.. Thats awesome !!

I believe the RS3 will have the handling, and bits to make it a weapon with backed up performace. It looks clean still, If very similar to the S3.

Exhaust still looks weak for what it delivers, and maybe a quad would be in order like the other sport Audis.

Nice car, and out of my range, because personally by then Id buy a 3 series/c-class/A4 If I was dropping >100K, but thats probably cause I couldnt affor this thing, or am that drawn to the body work anyway.

But the R against the TIGUAN?? please stop taling about that car on these sports threads its embarrassing. Just get a sports camry, or a SV6 commodore and talk about the thrills of performance..

[team_v]

But the R against the TIGUAN?? please stop taling about that car on these sports threads its embarrassing. Just get a sports camry, or a SV6 commodore and talk about the thrills of performance..

Why because it offers the same performance as the R when you add a tune but lets you save 10-15k?
Same arguement as the R vs RS3 that was posted by a future R owner on the page prior to this.


And it is similarly sized dave, i just have a bigger boot.
5 door hatchback with AWD built on the A5 platform (shared across the golf/tiguan/Audi 3 range) seems pretty similar to me.

[Big Yellow]

(golf r = s3) < rs3

[Corey_R]

Lets leave the Tiguan stuff out of this please.

[dave_r]

Nice car, and out of my range, because personally by then Id buy a 3 series/c-class/A4 If I was dropping >100K

I'd go straight for a 335i at those dollars.

Lets leave the Tiguan stuff out of this please.

Noted, moving on.....

[REXman]

(golf r = s3) < rs3

Agree'd.

It will be the bee's..

But sportback only shape is a killer though.

Damn, why would you do that? The R looks better to me and has the exhaust to look a bit kinky. Still we'll have to wait as the MKVII R might get a detuned 2.5 ltr motor now

[dave_r]

Damn, why would you do that? The R looks better to me and has the exhaust to look a bit kinky. Still we'll have to wait as the MKVII R might get a detuned 2.5 ltr motor now

So who is gonna fit the RS3/TTRS engine/box to an R

[REXman]

So who is gonna fit the RS3/TTRS engine/box to an R

Hey dave halves, keep it at my place? You in!?

Hey I thought the TTRS had the same motor as the R.. Is that just the older TTS? Or is it from the MY11 onwards the TT is using the newer FSI motor?

[dave_r]

LOL sure! TTS/S3/R is the same. TTRS/RS3 have the 2.5