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[quote][i]Originally posted by deano87[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by jr[/i] sounds great IMO ? 265bhp isnt underpowered [/quote] No no, I think it sounds fabulous too, I just meant what reviewers have said. Andrew Finkel (not Jeremy Clarkson :P ) - The Sunday Times [quote]Problems start to mount when you look beneath this veneer of sophistication. When choosing which engine should power the S3 I just presumed they’d use the 3.2 litre V6 in the A3 as that already produced 250bhp before they started tinkering with it. Not so. In fact they plumped for a 2 litre four-cylinder motor that derives its 265bhp from being turbocharged to within an inch of its life. What this means is that while the S3 goes like hell — 0-62mph in 5.7sec — the quality of that performance is nothing like as endearing. The car suffers from turbo lag, which often means there is a considerable pause between your right foot requesting a gob of power to squirt past a long lorry and it actually arriving. In that time a less powerful but normally aspirated car such as the A3 3.2 quattro would already be on its way. And while the V6 A3 howls sweet six-cylinder music, the highly stressed four-cylinder motor in the S3 sounds anodyne at low revs and increasingly harsh as the needle sweeps around the dial. I wonder how many people will think it worth paying the extra £760 that the S3 costs over the A3 3.2 quattro when its less responsive and refined engine gives a mere 15bhp extra. http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12929-2338727,00.html [/quote] [Edited on 08-01-2007 by deano87] [/quote]
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