Johannesburg Motor Show - Audi has come out
with guns blazing at Nasrec, aiming directly at South Africa's love of
performance cars with two new RS models - starting with the RS7
Sportback.
AS its name suggests, this five-door estate
combines elegant coupé styling with serious muscle - in this case a
four-litre turbopetrol V8 FSI for which Audi quotes 412kW and 700Nm,
enough to launch the RS7 from 0 to 100km/h in just 3.9 seconds.
Also making its SA debut is Audi's first
high-performance A-segment SUV, the RS Q3, boasting the company's iconic
turbocharged five-cylinder engine, that's been awarded “International
Engine of the Year” in its category for four consecutive years and is
also found in the Audi TT RS and the previous-generation Audi RS 3
Sportback.
In this application it's tuned for 228kW and 420Nm, pushing this compact SUV from 0 to 100km/h in 5.5 seconds.
The RS 7 Sportback and the RS Q3 will be released in South Africa in January 2014.
Then there's also Audi's highly-hyped new hot
hatch - the S3 Sportback, armed with 206kW and 380Nm from a two-litre
TFSI turbopetrol four bristling with new technologies ranging from dual
fuel-injection through a new valvelift system to innovative thermal
management - and it'll be released in South Africa in time for
Christmas.
RS Q3 is the first high-performance A-segment SUV from Audi.
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Also making its SA debut is the A3 Sedan - the
third model in the A3 line-up - which Audi describes as a premium
compact sedan combining sporty styling, lightweight design and
impressive handling.
It's due for local launch in January 2014, but visitors to Nasrec won't have to wait that long.
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