The German automaker promises to bring to the Beijing car dealership, which will take place in the coming days an interesting conceptual model called Audi RS 3. According to the leaders of the company, this car is only a fortunate concept and is unlikely to be launched into serial production. This compact crossover serves only to study the capabilities of the Q3 model and some of the technologies will be used on subsequent updated Q3 models.
The conceptual modeling sports crossover is equipped with a five -hungry 2. 5 liter engine with direct fuel injection developing about 360 liters. With. Exactly the same indicators demonstrated the sports coupe Audi TT RS Plus, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show last month. Unfortunately, there is no information about the torque of the engine installed under the hood of the crossover yet, but it will be the same as TT RS Plus (465nm torque). The power unit of the concept car will operate paired with a seven-speed transmission of the S-Tronic with double clutch, thanks to the motor, shistro box and the full drive Audi RS 3 will accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h less than 5. 2 seconds, the maximum speed of the car is 265 km/h. Note that at the moment the most powerful version of the serial Crossover Q3 is equipped with a 211 liter engine. C. accelerating car from 0 to 100 km/h. For 6. 9 seconds, and the maximum speed of the Q3 Audi is even 230 km/h.
As for the appearance, the novelty has a 25 mm suspension, new 20-inch alloy wheels, toned headlights, a new body kit consisting of the front and rear bumper and a new radiator lattice. Note that the car has new more massive wheel arches with strokes of the carbon fiber made, like the diffuser, completes the image of RS exhaust pipes and blue body color. Inside the concept-breeder, it has a sports chairs with developed side support, a sports steering wheel and an unusual dashboard with a dial, on which the divisions have Chinese, not familiar Arabic symbols.
You can learn more about the novelty after the car dealership. It is worth noting that if Audi still launches the Audi RS Q3 into serial production, then this will be the first SUV from Audi with the RS index, which join the existing models TT RS, RS3, RS5 and RS6.