Wink1990

RS3 Face lift

TwinTurboTerror

Gee, I don't know if I like the new grille mesh. I think the old honeycomb pattern looks better.

Mythdoc

Hmm. They’ve made it look more like a Golf.

RScheiss3

I was thinking the exact same thing, definitely not my cup of tea

AdamSheikh

That mesh design could be a part of the camouflage, but yeah - not feeling it. Also not sure I like the Audi rings being moved up like that. I'm assuming this will use the new flat design rings like they have on the new Q8 E-Tron: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a4...go-redesigned/

All that said, I'm also going to be biased here knowing I will more than likely end up with a 2024 just as they officially unveil the 25 🤣

JetDriver77

If they can get rid of the honeycomb grill on the rear bumper that is nonfunctional and probably has no place at the rear of the car and get more body paint around the front grill, which it looks like they are doing, I'm all for it. Unfortunately, I just got an allocation for a CY24 build that I waited 8 months to get, so my options are to cancel for a CY25 allocation, live with the CY24 or cancel and wait for the M3 LCI. Decisions, decisions.

EDIT: Although, it says scheduled to launch THIS YEAR? Not sure if that means '24 or not.

Wink1990

Yea if this comes with a big HP bump to keep up with the m2 I'm gonna be slightly hurt.

JetDriver77

I don't think Audi can reliably increase power much more than it is for a 2.5L motor. It's already at almost 90% of the power of BMW's twin turbo 3.0L, which is pretty impressive. BMW's 3.0 is a beast of a motor.

sterkrazzy

I actually prefer the black strip on the rear bumper over what some automakers are doing. The super tall black valences don't do anything for me and it looks like they're doing that to the rs3 now.

Wink1990

Audi sport head said the last generation ICE RS models will be "mind blowing" recently.