The engine is rumored to have an output of 270 hp made possible with the use of an innovative valve control system called Valvelift.

the new uncovered pics

looks boring..and 265 hp..i was expecting more..

if this is it..what took them so long to make it?

Excuse me Artist but can you tell me what is boring about an engine with 135 hp/lt? It's not the hp that matter but how the car will handle and i 'm sure that the S3 will have no problem outhandling even much more powerful cars.

read again...
the looks are boring..
the engine is not.. but still i was expecting more..doesent like the A3 3.2 have 250hp-- So WOW 15 more hp..

and its not gonna be like 1500 euro more than the 3.2.. im sure it will be expensive as hell.. and for what?? 15 hp and some tweaks.. thnx but no thnx..

I Hope they make a [RS]3 also as SportBack

BHP 330!

yep.. i hope that to..but when??
like they did with the RS4.. when the A3 has 2 year left in production??

I doubt that they will make an RS3. 300hp+ is pretty unreasonable in an hatchback, not to mention the price of such a creation.

This don't look like a S3 to me but more as a S-Line bodykit model.
And those badges don't look like S3 badges but look like S-Line badges.

Hans.

Because they of course want to fool the people, by putting S-line badges on them. Everybody knows that it's an S-line badge there. But that is the S3.