US Spec 2018 Audi RS3 Spied

[mark0006]

US Spec 2018 Audi RS3 Spied

[casualalfredo]

im going to upgrade to this car in early 2020....or whatever grabs my attention by then for sure

[casualalfredo]

an this forum is dead seriously whats up with that?

Yep, put a deposit down 8 months ago now, receipt is sitting on my desk

It's going to be in your price range, maybe a bit better. Just based on PUBLIC information and doing some quick comps, the M2 is under $60K fully loaded. The S3 fully loaded is what, $53K? I strongly suspect the RS3 will start just shy of that, $52,500 would be a safe bet. $10K premium to base S3, just a bit ahead of M2. Real world pricing, assuming ACNA discount, is likely to be better than the M2 which are still fetching premiums. Another data point, typically (at least as long as I can remember), S version of 3 is roughly equal to base version of TT. So S3 is within $1K of the TT, RS3 at $52.5K is exactly what the TTS is.

Another thing to consider, 2 years later the BMW 2-Series will come in GC format. If I know this, Audi does. GCs are priced in line with their coupes. M2 GC should be RWD only, but 240 xDrive GC will be AWD optional. That car will be low $50s nicely equipped. Is the RS3 a better car than a 240GC? Tough for me to say, I honestly don't know. I drove the current RS3 in Sweden and have an M235 now. Is the RS3 worth $15K more? That's a definite no. That strengthens my feelings on pricing, again all based on PUBLIC information.

from a more active forum

[plasticmoz]

There's a much more active thread than the one you linked from the other forum -- and like the source for that stuff, it's in the 8V section not here.

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth.../661148-RS3-US