BMW M2 Performance VS Audi RS3 – Sports car
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BMW M2 Performance VS Audi RS3 – Sports car
Compact, comfortable, yet powerful supercar. Who will win between the Audi RS3 and the BMW M2?
Two manufacturers, eternal rivals, on the track and on the road. BMW e Audi they chase and challenge each other in every competition and with every sports model (all BMW sports models here, all Audi sports models here) offering powerful, sporty yet elegant cars with very different philosophies.
Audi makes versatility and four-wheel drive his strength, and with a monstrous Audi RS3 Sportback "quattro" (as drive wheels) pays homage to Ingolstadt's first sports car:Audi Sport Quattro.
Home answer BMW, traditionally he has rear drive and a three-volume silhouette: this BMW M2 Performance.
Two cars, similar in power, price and performance, but very different in driving style. Finally, both are equipped with a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.
Let's take a closer look at our confrontation.
Summing up
Audi Sportback RS3
| engine | 5 cylinders in a row, turbo |
| bias | 2480 см |
| Potenza | 400 CV |
| couple | 480 Nm |
| price | 56.000 euro |
BMW M2 Performance
| engine | 6 cylinders in a row, turbo |
| bias | 2994 см |
| Potenza | 411 CV |
| couple | 550 Nm |
| price | 67.000 euro |
dimensions
Let's start with the dimensions:Audi Sportback RS3 it's a traditional hatchback, almost a mini RS4 if you will, and its dimensions 434 cm long, 179 wide and 141 high.
La BMW M2 Performanceinstead, it is a centimeter taller, but longer and stockier. Measure 446 cm long and good 185 in width... Also longer step bavarian who counts 269 см against i 263 см Audi.
Additional dimensions also affect weight - dry M2 weighs approx. 1625 kg while RS3 stops balancing arrow a 1585 kg. Despite the short tail, BMW wins the loading competition: 390 liters против 335 than Audi, which, however, has the advantage of increasing to 1175 liters by folding the rear seats.
Potenza
We come to the hearts of these two cars, two real masterpieces. There BMW mounts six cylinders longitudinal in-line turbocharger 2979 см... Dosages 411 CV at 5230 rpm 550 Nm maximum torque at 2350 rpm.
TheAudiinstead install five-cylinder turbo 2480 см which produces 400 CV at 5850 rpm 480 Nm at 1.750 rpm Thus, on paper, BMW has an advantage: more power (at lower revs) and much more torque (at slightly higher revs).
But what's more interesting is that power-to-weight ratio, are identical for both: 3,96 kg for each resume.
performance
We come to the litmus test: performance. Both cars, like good Germans, are electronically limited to 250 km / h, and in 0 to 100 km / h detaches almost simultaneously:Audi hires 4,3 seconds in it, how BMW employs 4,2 people.
