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Sky Blue Audi S3 Sedan on Vorsteiner V-FF 103 Wheels in Car+Girl Shoot

America hasn't been crazy about small turbo engines at first, but sales of Audi A3 and Mercedes CLA sedans have gone through the roof. Clearly, the CLA 45 AMG is the faster car, but there's something to be said about the understated beauty of the 292-horsepower S3.
Sky Blue Audi S3 Sedan on Vorsteiner V-FF 103 Wheels 14 photos
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Next up, we're going to share a discrete custom project from the wheel specialists at Vorsteiner. They have a full carbon fiber body kit for the CLA, but only a new set of wheels were added to the S3. That said, the car is unique because of this Smurf-like color it's been dressed in. We think this is either a wrap or Riviera Blue from the Audi Exclusive catalog.

As for the wheels, they are a brand new V-FF 103 mono-block design with low profile tires and ultra-lightweight design.

Priced from $41,100, the S3 is the cheapest S model you can buy. The sedan is made in Hungary and powered by the same 2-liter TFSI/TSI engine as the 2015 Golf R. It's available for the first time in the US as a 2015 model year, it competes with the much cheaper Subaru WRX STI and the more powerful Mercedes CLA 45 AMG.

Compared to the regular A3, it has lower suspension, standard all-wheel drive and 18-inch wheels. A six-speed automatic gearbox will take the sports sedan from 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds. Independent tests have shown that without launch control engaged, the BMW 228i coupe is faster, despite not having as much power.

Should you care? Not when there's a hot girl involved in a shooting done by Julian Morales in California.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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