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\\ Audi Q3 RS<br />
RS end of the Q<br />
Five-pot turbo RS Q3 to become<br />
Audi’s first hot SUV<br />
By RON HAMMERTON<br />
AUDI is getting set to transplant the<br />
potent five-cylinder performance<br />
engine from the TT RS sports coupe<br />
into its Q3 to not only create its first RSrated<br />
SUV but also its most affordable model<br />
wearing the fabled RS badge.<br />
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Audi Australia has promised the all-wheeldrive<br />
RS Q3 will be priced under $100,000 when<br />
it arrives in Australia in the first quarter of 2014.<br />
Currently, the new $139,900 TT RS Plus<br />
is the cheapest RennSport-enhanced Audi in<br />
Australia. Others include the just-released<br />
$149,400 RS4 Avant and $161,900 RS5 coupe.<br />
The bad news is that the new Q3 flagship<br />
will not share the same blistering speed and<br />
grunt as its RS stablemates, getting a detuned<br />
version of Audi’s 2.5-litre turbocharged directinjected<br />
petrol engine producing 228kW of<br />
power and 420Nm of torque – 37kW and<br />
40Nm shy of the 265kW/465Nm variants<br />
powering the TT RS Plus.<br />
The bulky 1730kg RS Q3, set to make its<br />
debut at this month’s Geneva motor show,<br />
will naturally also be slower in the 0-100km/h<br />
sprint than the TT RS, clocking 5.5 seconds<br />
compared with the TT flagship’s supercar-like<br />
4.1 seconds.<br />
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