
Audi has presented its new hot-hatch, S3 Sportback. There is no great news, because the vehicle is simply a 5-doors version of the Audi S3, which has a 3-doors body. The new Audi S3 Sportback is aesthetically treated same as S3 and comes with the same 2-liter TFSI engine that produces 300 hp and 380 Nm.
It is quite a performance to make a 2-liter engine produce that much HP, but Mercedes has just proven that everything is possible. Audi S3 Sportback accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 5 seconds, with Quattro four-wheel drive, a Launch Control program with a 6-speed S-tronic transmission (optional). The top speed is limited by 250 km/h and the average consumption announced by the Germans is of 6.9 liters/100 km. Read more