{"id":50350,"date":"2012-03-05T20:35:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T19:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=50350"},"modified":"2015-08-24T13:16:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T11:16:21","slug":"geneva-2012-audi-rs3-sportback-by-sportec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2012\/03\/05\/geneva-2012-audi-rs3-sportback-by-sportec\/","title":{"rendered":"Geneva 2012: Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sportec displays their program for the <a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2012\/01\/19\/official-audi-rs3-by-sportec\/\">Audi RS3 Sportback<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/category\/carshows\/geneva-auto-salon-2012\/\">2012 Geneva Motor Show<\/a>. The Swiss tuner made the RS3 even more powerful by tweaking the engine of the small but powerful sportsback.<\/p>\n<p>Sportec upgraded the 2.5 liter turbocharged five-cylinder engine to produce 402hp and 550Nm of torque, an increase of 67hp and 100Nm compared to the stock RS3. Thanks to this, the Audi RS3 by Sportec is able to accelerate to 100km\/h within 4.3 seconds and the top speed is 273km\/h.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-4084-50350\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-46285\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/geneva-2012-audi-rs3-sportback-by-sportec\/Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 001.jpg\" title=\" \" class=\"thickbox\" rel=\"set_4084\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 001\" alt=\"Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 001\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/geneva-2012-audi-rs3-sportback-by-sportec\/thumbs\/thumbs_Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 001.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 004\" alt=\"Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 004\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/geneva-2012-audi-rs3-sportback-by-sportec\/thumbs\/thumbs_Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 004.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-46289\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/geneva-2012-audi-rs3-sportback-by-sportec\/Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 005.jpg\" title=\" \" class=\"thickbox\" rel=\"set_4084\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 005\" alt=\"Geneva 2012 Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec 005\" 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\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t \t\r\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\r\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div> \t\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>In addition to the engine tuning, the package includes a stainless steel sports exhaust system, an adjustable coilover suspension with a reducation of the ride height by 20-40mm, 20 inch alloy wheels and high-performance Movit brakes. For those who prefer even more power, Sportec also offers a 493hp upgrade for the RS3. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/category\/carshows\/geneva-auto-salon-2012\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2012\/02\/geneva-motor-show-2012.jpg\" alt=\"Geneva Motor Show 2012\" title=\"Geneva Motor Show 2012\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Video: Audi RS3 Sportback by Sportec Live in Geneva<\/h2>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"274\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/En_lR_l6pE4?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/En_lR_l6pE4?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"274\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sportec displays their program for the Audi RS3 Sportback at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The Swiss tuner made the RS3 even more powerful by tweaking the engine of the small but powerful sportsback. Sportec upgraded the 2.5 liter turbocharged five-cylinder engine to produce 402hp and 550Nm of torque, an increase of 67hp and 100Nm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":50440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1428,18645],"tags":[74,269,10,17543,1618,415],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}