...on opening the little beauty you see the side strip shine ...RS3, the sills are a little higher than expected but offers more depth fof the driver. The seats are leather and is back to the Recaros, with more side holdings for the waist and thighs to hug you that little bit better. The steering wheel is changed to a lambo style one to provide easier steering inputs and also less wheel to make you hand pass underneath easier. The dials are from the S4 chromed but do have the turbo boost indicator up to 4. The alcove and rest of the dashboard are similar to the current S3 with the spongy felt but have carbon fibre inserts scattered around nicely. They decided to stay with a standard 6sp manual but the option for DSG is forthcoming. The gearstick and knob feel different and smaller like a Cive TypeR but have grooves for the fingers to nestle behind for a firmer shift. The gearbox feels tight and taut as you just play through the gears. You look at the centre console, gone has the rounded dials and replaced with improved switchgear and a colour 1.8" Colour LCD screen to indicate red and blue for hot/cold air and temp gauge, even down to a white snowflake for the aircon. The stereo is still the Audi spec but is standard with DAB and MP3, in the boot is the Bose and 12CD accompanied by the 12 speaker system in the car, with a Bass tube situated within the spare FULL size tyre, none of that space saving crap.......
