8.5Y RS3

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Obviously all speculation atm but any idea when we might see the new facelift 8.5Y RS3 on the following:

Officially launched on Audi Media?
Order books open?
First cars delivery?

Thanks all
 
ATM we'd be lucky if it doesn't arrive with pedals instead of an engine the way Audi is flip flopping.
 
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ATM we'd be lucky if it doesn't arrive with pedals instead of an engine the way Audi is flip flopping.
Remember when a Facelift model from Audi would garner a ton of interest / orders ?

These days it's more like, oh ok you added a new light design / more interior LED's and 5k extra to the list :puke:

It already feels like the 8Y RS3 platform is past it's best, all the groups / forums about it are slow/dead.

Yet the 8V PFL / FL still has a strong following/ Interest even after all these years.

8Y is dead on its backside already......
 
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Well, it's not exactly buzzing in the 8V forum either is it?:tumble:

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Remember when a Facelift model from Audi would garner a ton of interest / orders ?

These days it's more like, oh ok you added a new light design / more interior LED's and 5k extra to the list :puke:

It already feels like the 8Y RS3 platform is past it's best, all the groups / forums about it are slow/dead.

Yet the 8V PFL / FL still has a strong following/ Interest even after all these years.

8Y is dead on its backside already......
It's not dead on its **** at all lol. Delusional
 
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It's not dead on its **** at all lol. Delusional
Have you owned an 8Y ?

Its a Fast A3 nothing more.

Interior never did it any favours, and the facelift is more than likely to be as bland with extra LED’s

Everyone is jumping out of them at the moment, high insurance is set to rise again next year.
PCP rates limits sales because who will pay £700-£1k a month for a 65-70k A3.

Tuning costs are crazy, so not many will take that up, along with the prohibitive GPF’s that everyone wants gone but again costs and running the car without them is still problematic.

Used values of them are not great, anyone who overpaid in 21/22 on a PCP etc must be getting a little concerned if they are about to come out of the deal.

Dealers are rubbish, only interested In selling one, not interested after the fact, and greedy when it was first launched, putting people into cars at 75-80k that are worth no where near that, I just hope people remember how greedy Audi dealers became in 2021/22.
 
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Have you owned an 8Y ?

Its a Fast A3 nothing more.

Interior never did it any favours, and the facelift is more than likely to be as bland with extra LED’s

Everyone is jumping out of them at the moment, high insurance is set to rise again next year.
PCP rates limits sales because who will pay £700-£1k a month for a 65-70k A3.

Tuning costs are crazy, so not many will take that up, along with the prohibitive GPF’s that everyone wants gone but again costs and running the car without them is still problematic.

Used values of them are not great, anyone who overpaid in 21/22 on a PCP etc must be getting a little concerned if they are about to come out of the deal.

Dealers are rubbish, only interested In selling one, not interested after the fact, and greedy when it was first launched, putting people into cars at 75-80k that are worth no where near that, I just hope people remember how greedy Audi dealers became in 2021/22.
RS3 / S3 has always been a fast A3, that's the whole point.

No I don't own one, yet. I own a BMW X3M comp.

The lead times are still insane, they can't make them quick enough.

Anyone who paid over the odds on the first built cars only has themselves to blame. The interior is bland yes, that will improve with the facelift given what we've seen with the new s3.

Taking financials aside they are a great, very capable car.

I think owning such a high performance vehicle and being shocked at running costs / insurance can be a bit naive. Just my 2p.
 
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The lead times are still insane, they can't make them quick enough.
There are new cars sat at dealerships that remain unsold, Crewe have a Java Green one that at one point was 67k it's now 60k and apparently they'll listen to serious offers at around 59k


There's a green saloon at Enkae with 688 miles on thats dropped 8k since Christmas

Go look at Autotrader using the Motorwatch extension in your browser, it'll show you how hard these are dropping........

Exclusive colours for sale too with no one interested in them, Nardo / Silver / Sepang etc.......

In what way have they improved the interior on the FL S3 ? by adding more LED's in the doors and illuminated cup holders and making the nugget selector into a switch, Lol.....

They need to bring coloured stitching back, bucket seats option back, extended leather option back, coloured vents option back, seat belts with colour of at least a Audisport stripe.....

An RS product needs to stand out when you are sat in one, it needs to have that wow factor, not the 'oh I may as well be sat in an A3' BMW manage it on their flagship models, as do Merc.

Audi just charge more for ultimately less, the 360 camera was a classic example, why remove it ? plenty of other cars in the VAG group have it as standard, they didn't remove it.

Heated front screen, Audi = No / Skoda = yes no problem, Heated steering wheel Audi = nope / just about every other VAG brand = Yes

Have you seen the Official pictures on the configurator for the S3, it looks like it's on stilts and those big multispoke wheels do nothing for it at all and the front doesn't scream S3, it could be any standard A3 in the range, lol.
 
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Remember when a Facelift model from Audi would garner a ton of interest / orders ?

These days it's more like, oh ok you added a new light design / more interior LED's and 5k extra to the list :puke:

It already feels like the 8Y RS3 platform is past it's best, all the groups / forums about it are slow/dead.

Yet the 8V PFL / FL still has a strong following/ Interest even after all these years.

8Y is dead on its backside already......
just wait till the ecu will be unlocked, imho the public will take this into another level of attention instantly

personally I can't wait to know if there are any updates to engine, will there be any increase to horsepower and torque…
 
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just wait till the ecu will be unlocked, imho the public will take this into another level of attention instantly

personally I can't wait to know if there are any updates to engine, will there be any increase to horsepower and torque…
Maybe, but as things stand the ECU unlock isn’t cheap, and you can bet Audi will tighten security up even further.
Who’s going to pay 4-7k for one of the various stages,currently on offer.
Not many judging by reactions to the companies offering these already.
 

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