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Audi S3 Sportback specs

Car type Estate/wagon
Curb weight 1495 kg (3296 lbs)
Introduced 2008
Origin country Germany
Gas mileage 11.9-10.2 l/100 km (20-23 mpg US / 24-28 mpg UK)
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Submitted by Georg

Lap times

Performance

0 - 100 kph5.3 s
0 - 200 kph21.5 s
1000 m25.8 s
80 - 120 kph8.0 s
Est. 100 - 200 kph16.2 s
Est. 0 - 60 mph4.9 s
0 - 100 mph13.0 s
Est. 1/8 mile9.6 s @ 89.5 mph
1/4 mile14.2 s
Top speed250 kph (156 mph)
Est. max acceleration0.59 g (6 m/s²)
100 kph - 037 m (120 ft)
Audi S3 Sportback acceleration graph

Powertrain specs

Engine type inline4 16V Turbo
Displacement 2.0 l (122 ci)
Power 265 ps (261 bhp / 195 kw)
Torque 350 Nm (258 lb-ft)
Power / liter 133 ps (131 hp)
Power / weight 177 ps (175 bhp) / t
Torque / weight 234 Nm (173 lb-ft) / t
Efficiency 24 PS per l/100 km
Transmission 6-Speed S-tronic or 6-Speed manual
Layout front engine, all wheel drive

More 0-60 and 1/4 mile times

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Hayes  10y ago

More like 0-60 in 6.3


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GermanInLine6  10y ago

Time is defenetly wrong. Not even the MTM S3 does 0-100 in 5.3sec.


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GermanInLine6  10y ago

Time is defenetly wrong. Not even the MTM S3 does 0-100 in 5.3sec.


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scootz99  12y ago

@hayes. Good point - well presented. Should have written Z4.


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Hayes  12y ago

@scootz99 there isn't a bmw z6


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scootz99  12y ago

Further to previous post....took S3 on Silverstone track day for two 30 minute sessions (admittedly novice sessions), and no car passed me except for race tuned Lotus Exige. List of some of the cars overtaken: Porsche 911, BMW M3, BMW 135 M Sport, Golf R32, BMW 6 series, BMW 330i, BMW Z6, Audi TT + more. Quattro certainly gives a big advantage in corners (1st session semi wet, second session dry). Really pleased with the handling and performance.


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scootz99  13y ago

Have had one for 6 weeks now. Love it. So far a Golf R32 and BMW 335i have tried to outperform it, and fail! And I can still get my drums and a PA in the back.


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Bimmer  14y ago

I am getting a s3 sport back September can't wait


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car fan  14y ago

still a ****in vagon


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louk  16y ago

the s3 sportback is slower than the 3dr s3 for 0.1 sec . . . 0-100 km 5.8 sec


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BlaqSmith  16y ago

@BumRush - I own an S3 Sportback and it's about 0.5 second slower to 100 than the 2 door. In Johannesburg, South Africa, the Sportback was tested by 3 publications and the best 0-62mph they achieved was 6.9s. The S3 is also detuned to 188Kw (255hp). hence the slower time. A chip will easily improve the acceleration to 5.9 at Johannesburg altitude, 1753m/5751 ft, above sea level.


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BumRush  16y ago

7.1 to 62 with a 4wd 265bhp audi S model?, no offence but your shifting must suck..lol


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Anonymous  16y ago

Cannot believe it my self!! Here in SA with the air pressure you can only get 7.1 out of the S3


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audi fan  16y ago

anon - for fun and because we can!!


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dannemare  16y ago

As posted by Georg on the forum, the 5.3 time is from http://www.autozeitung.de/vergleichstest/kompaktsportler&show=einleitung-karosserie. Thanks, Georg.


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Anonymous  16y ago

why would you even race a stock S3 vs a C4S??? like you didnt know what the outcome would be!


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audi fan  16y ago

Just raced my wife's 997 4S in my S3 sportback, not much in it 0-140 km/h but the porsche pulled away after this but not by much. (and she does know how to drive the 997 btw)


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Anonymous  16y ago

0-100 time of ths car it´s a joke


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Frederik Dannemare  16y ago

Hi

Where was the 0-100 time established as being 5.3 seconds? The regular S3 (http://www.fastestlaps.com/car459a7e3125a10.html) has a recorded time of 5.7 secs (same of the factory claim) which I can believe is true, but 5.3 for the Sportback....??? (which is even slightly heavier than the regular one)