CAR GARAGE | Audi S3 (2013) | The next Audi S3 will be available across all the myriad body styles available on the new A3 family - there will be five distinct shapes of the A3 - and the sportier models will include a body kit and go-faster engine. You can see the trademark quad exhaust pipes nestling under the disruptive camouflage of this prototype three-door Audi S3, the which is expected to follow after the regular three-door bows in at the 2012 Geneva motor show next spring. Today's Audi S3 develops 265bhp, but They'll Nudge up to 280bhp on the new 2012 version. Torque at 258lb ft capped Remains from the upgraded 2.0-liter turbocharged four-pot. All S3 models will come with Quattro all-wheel drive, and the S tronic twin-clutch transmission is available now too.
Expect the new engine to be mated to both a six-speed manual transmission and Audi's seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch automatic. Whether we'll see the S3 grade Offered with the upcoming five-door (as with the current model) and sedan variants unclear Remains. Interior images have found Their Way to the WebSphere, but it is the exterior images we are most interested in. The Model Revealed here is the three-door hatchback. It It rides on Volkswagen's new MQB (Modular Transverse Matrix) platform will also underpin the which the new generation Golf.
The petrol engines are expected to have an entry-level 1.2-liter with 105 PS (77 kW / 104 hp) and a 2.0-liter with 211 PS (155 kW / 208 hp). On the diesel side, we can expect a 1.6-liter TDI with 105 PS (77 kW / 104 hp) as well as a 2.0-liter TDI 180 PS the which pumps (132 kW / 178 hp). That 122-horsepower 1.4-liter engine will be one of three Offered at launch, along with a 180-hp 1.8-liter TFSI and a 2.0-liter TDI with 150 hp and 236 pound-feet of torque, all driven through the front wheels . Quattro versions come later "for more powerful engines," as will alternative-fuel power plants. Shifting will come in either five-speed manual or six-speed S-tronic forms.
