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      10-17-2014, 04:16 PM   #121
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Originally Posted by trinim3 View Post
I'm glad BMW isn't being as narrow minded as some on this forum.

If you're complaining about understeer on a modern Audi, either you haven't driven one or you're the kind of driver who likes to dive bomb corners in which case the torque vectoring, rwd-biased torque split, and sport differential won't be able to rotate the car. The slow-in/fast-out style of driving however works wonders with Audi quattro. When you hit the throttle mid-corner, the car rotates beautifully and slingshots you out of the corner. It's incredibly fun.

Check out what Top Gear had to say about the upcoming RS3:

"The thing was four-wheel-drifting everywhere. No lie. On every corner exit Frank would simply nail the throttle and the back would squirm free. The new RS3's willingness to kick its rear tyres out at every available opportunity was hugely admirable"
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/n...ear-2014-10-15

Might I also remind folks that Audi makes a certain car called the R8 that has an 85% rear biased-torque split and will oversteer with ease.

Audi has made huge strides in creating cars that have balanced handling characteristics despite the substantial weight and front-biased weight split. Imagine what a boss from Audi can do when starting with a much more balanced BMW chassis.
This is a complete tangent, but are we supposed to get the RS3 in the US? I know we get the S3, but I didn't think we were getting the RS3. I'd love to hear that we are!
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