Garissimo

I imagine numbers will start trickling in as cars arrive but here is the first instrumented test of a 400hp RS3 saloon I've seen. It's in German so you'll have to google translate, es sei denn, Sie sprechen Deutsch:

Heißer Fünfender: Audi RS 3 Limousine im Test - autobild.de

Observations: While straight line speed is by no means the be-all and end all measure of a car, holy backflipping Christ this thing is fast. Autobild reported a 0-200kmh time of 12.8 seconds. For reference, a 556hp RS7 does 0-200km in roughly 12.5 seconds. 12.8s is also faster than the previous generation Panamera Turbo. If those numbers are to be believed, this is an 11 second car out of the box. Anyone think Audi might be sandbagging on the horsepower rating?

BlackAce

Always. This has become pretty standard practice for them in recent years.

MisterTroy

Won't be much help as I can't find the link at work(think it might be fastlaps, but it is blocked), but I saw the 2017 TTRS tested at 11.6@121 stock. I think they had the 0-200kmh listed at 11.8. Seems to be from a German magazine, but I haven't been able to find it.

You could also compare that TTRS / M2 / Cayman S comparison video. I've seen a bunch of places put the Cayman right around 12@117.

There is also that 2017 RS3 dyno floating around on Facebook. Came in a bit lower than the numbers that were reported from the company that is already working on tunes (another blocked site...).

These should be pretty quick cars. Especially once we start tuning.

shivamerlin

I've watched this article a couple of times since last week. I am German so I understand what they are saying. Also 0-100km/h (0-62mpg) in 3.7 seconds at first testing.

As always Audi's specs are underrated. If they say 400hp they mean it. So if you drive through Denver in the Rockies they still promise you 400hp at 10,000ft + altitute but at sea level, man who knows. Probably 430+ hp...