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Photograph: OFFICIALLY GASSED – OG on YouTube / edited
The compact-sized fashions within the following video aren’t your standard Audi RS 3 and BMW M140i. Each develop within the ballpark of 1,200 metric ponies, which converts to *examine notes* 1,184 horses.
DAZA is one in every of many identification codes for the two.5-liter I5 turbo launched by Audi Sport again in 2009. Higher often known as the EA855, this lump can also be utilized by sure variations of the KTM X-Bow open speedster and Cupra’s Formentor VZ5 crossover.
Within the 2024 mannequin yr Audi RS 3 Sedan for the US market, which is priced at $62,300 earlier than choices and taxes, it makes a massively spectacular 401 horsepower and 369 pound-feet (500 Nm), leading to a 0-60 time of three.6 seconds. The M140i, in the meantime, is a facelifted F20 with the B58 turbocharged inline-six that serves as the premise for the twin-turbocharged S58 of the current-gen M3.
The 1 Collection turned a front-biased disappointment in 2019 for the 2020 mannequin yr with the F40, and the lately unveiled F70 provides insult to damage with front-end styling that appears to be impressed by the Kia Ceed. In any case, stated F20 advantages from a protracted listing of modifications, which features a Precision Turbo 7275 snail versus the RS 3’s Xona.
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Photograph: OFFICIALLY GASSED – OG on YouTube
Tom Wrigley’s M140i is dubbed the world’s quickest by Formally Gassed host Jamie Sonuga. Primarily based on the numbers recorded towards Harvey’s RS 3, that declare does maintain water. From 100 to 200 kilometers per hour, which means 62 to 124 miles per hour within the UK and the USA, the xDrive-equipped mannequin required 3.19 seconds in comparison with 3.45.
This, in flip, places Tom Wrigley’s Bimmer second on the OG Battles 100-200 KPH Elite 15 leaderboard, proper behind a 3.02-second Porsche 911 Turbo S from the 991.2 technology. The quarter-mile dig race was a lot nearer, although, with Tom and Harvey clocking 9.20 and 9.22 seconds, respectively. The leaderboard, nevertheless, is topped by a few closely tuned Neunelfers that recorded 9.12 and eight.98 seconds, respectively.
Contemplating that stated M140i and RS 3 raced on a runway as an alternative of a PJ1 TrackBite-prepped drag strip, the aforementioned 9.2-second runs are all of the extra astonishing. The very reverse of astonishing applies to the 2025 BMW M135 xDrive, which packs a 2.0-liter I4 turbo with 300 ps (296 hp) and 400 Nm (542 lb-ft) of torque below the hood.
Contemplating that Audi’s 2025 mannequin yr S3 develops 333 ps (328 hp) and 420 Nm (570 lb-ft) from the same displacement and variety of cylinders, BMW might have accomplished higher. In the meanwhile, the Munich-based automaker would not have a direct rival for the five-cylinder RS 3.