S3 coming to America

[andylaiphoto]

From Motor Trend's Instagram feed this morning.

 

[Bodhi]

I can't wait....

...to go sit in one in a showroom.

 

[XGC75]

Pretty cool car. I love that manufacturers are upsizing their midsize segments and moving the "compact" segments into their place. This and the 2 series will make for interesting competition.

 

[troyguitar]

FWD-biased automatic sedan? Nope, not excited.

 

[Bender1]

FWD-biased automatic sedan? Nope, not excited.

 

[Tk_mkv1]

FWD-biased automatic sedan? Nope, not excited.

the s3 comes with a haldex, just like the mk7 golf r

 

[greasyginzo]

the s3 comes with a haldex, just like the mk7 golf r

Which is fwd biased

 

[trd420]

Yea but the Bugatti has haldex....

 

[ROOSTER1050]

wish it was the hatch....not a sedan guy...:iono:

 

[troyguitar]

Yea but the Bugatti has haldex....

Yeah, set up backward so it's RWD biased. 30/70 instead of 70/30.

Oddly enough the Dodge Charger has a badass AWD system for a road car, RWD almost all of the time except at low speeds when tires start slipping = more fun, more mpg, still no worries about snow.

 

[Gunkata]

good lord... stop your whining. A simple Haldex controller for $700 solves that, lulz...

 

[troyguitar]

What does the controller do and who says it will work on this car? I still haven't seen any details on that thing besides vague subjective butt dyno reports.

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[Gunkata]

it puts more power to the back... been around for ages. I was very impressed when I was running one.

it should be the same thing on this car.

 

[maxtdi]

I am kind of really very absolutely curious about this car. But pricing is key... Me thinks it will be 45k with options. +tax at 50k I'd rather up the budget to a C7 or to a base gayman

 

[Gunkata]

I am kind of really very absolutely curious about this car. But pricing is key... Me thinks it will be 45k with options. +tax at 50k I'd rather up the budget to a C7 or to a base gayman

yeah, with options new, it will be pretty expensive.. so you either way to buy a CPO 1-2 years out for much less, or you get a bare bones one for probably close to $42K, I'd imagine.