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Originally Posted by Mako
well Audi must have gotten wind of BMW wanting to make the best i4 car out there and since their RS3 will be a 5 cyl they decided to make the S3PLUS 
if it seriously gets 375 hP and ~365 torque with that low weight and since its AUDI it will have AWD, that is going to be a mad performance car. Don't think the M2 will be able to compete with it or the RS3. If the M2 gets that same HP and torque it is going to be stealing sales from the M4 for sure. Who wouldn't want to save $15K and have similar performance? I figured the M2 would get 350 HP and 340 torque. I guess they can sell it as the only true COUPE with that much power... |
Audi and BMW chase different buyers in the same market. Audi makes AWD cars that are typically heavier than their BMW counter parts and don't handle the same way. Read/watch any review comparing a comparable Audi and a BMW M-car, and you'll notice that the remarks all center around the difference in character, dismissing the performance differences as marginal. There are buyers for both types of cars, but they're different. The M2 needn't outperform the RS3 in all aspects, it only needs to deliver the type of driving experience that M-buyers want.