Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro Concept For Wörthersee

By Ganesh

We are well into May, which means its almost time for the annual Wörthersee meet or Wörthersee Tour as its called. This annual meet is held in Austria and will take place between May 28 and 31 this time.

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The Wörthersee Tour is a special event for all vehicles from Volkswagen Group to showcase their special products to customers and enthusiasts. The first VW brand to preview their car for the event is Audi.

Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro concept is the one-off car the company will be displaying. Here are the details.

The story continues in the next section. Click through the slides for more info.

Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro Concept

Click through the images read more about the Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro concept.

Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro Concept

Based on the Audi S3 sedan, this concept gets a modified 2.5-litre, inline 5-cylinder, TFSi engine instead of the standard 2.0-litre unit.
Power produced is a massive 525 horsepower, with a peak torque of 600 Nm that is delivered right from 2300 rpm.

Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro Concept

A weight if just 1,527 kg means this car has supercar like power-to-weight ratio of 2.9 kg/hp. This enables it to accelerate from o-100 km/h in 3.6 seconds reach a top speed of 310 km/h.

Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro Concept

Audi's 7-speed S Tronic transmission and the Quattro all-wheel-drive system transfer all that power to the tarmac.

Audi also offer D and S driving modes, selected from the centre console, with the latter giving the A3 Clubsport Quattro the best performance in its category, according to the company.

Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro Concept

The car stands on stiff performance suspension system that lower the ride height by 10mm. The wheels are massive, measuring 21-inch and wrapped in 275/25 R21 tyres.

Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro Concept

Braking is provided by carbon ceramic disc brakes which are standard. Additionally, there's also a boot lid tip mounted air brake setup.

Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro Concept

The front of the Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro concept is dominated by the large matt aluminium, hexagonal, honeycomb mesh grille. The car also wears a continuous carbon fiber reinforced plastic air-splitter and side skirt and rear spoiler.

Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro Concept

While a production version of the Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro has not been mentioned, it is likely to manifest in the form of hardcore RS3 versions.

Article Published On: Saturday, May 17, 2014, 12:13 [IST]
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