Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013: Audi A3 saloon UK premiere

#EANF# The Audi A3 saloon and S3 saloon will make their first UK public outings in the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. The event also will host the UK premiere from the A3 Sportback e-tron, which should continue sale in late 2014. The A3 variants will certainly be exhibited alongside the firm’s seven-strong RS range and a number of racing cars. Among the many competition stars will certainly be the Quattro A2 that won the 1983 RAC rally as a result of Stig Blomqvist. The drive will reunite Hannu Mikkola and co-driver Arne Hertz, the team which took second place inside the 1983 RAC, securing Mikkola’s driver’s championship. Allan McNish will drive the R18 e-tron that won this year’s Le Mans 24 Hour race, and Pink Floyd drummer, Nick Mason will drive a 1936 Auto Union C-Type grand prix car. Hans-Joachim Stuck will require towards the hill inside an Audi 200 quattro Trans-Am. The 503bhp, 2. 1-litre won eight from 13 race wins inside the 1988 Trans-Am series as a result of Stuck, Hurley Haywood and Walter Rohrl. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 : Audi A3 saloon UK premiere