RE: Frankfurt: Audi S8 And Friends

[Nors]

bobberz said:

Does the S5 still have that lovely V8, or has it gone to the 6 pot that's in the S4?

It's had the Supercharged V6 for some time now! Cracking engine!

Driven the S4 with that engine, quells the argument than all S cars don't handle or steer properly and that engine has excellent grunt!

[Nors]

TonyHetherington said:

I'm sure I just read a side piece in EVO this morning that said 700bhp for the 2012/2013 RS6. I'll double check tonight, because even as I type that it seems ludicrous.

That's nuts if true!! Can't see it though. Guy I know that works for Audi (doesn't mean it's true of course) states that the next generation RS's are going for their new weight saving technology. Arguably, better direction I think.

[king arthur]

joe58 said:

Surely it should be hearing noises 'outside the cabin' and cancelling them out? Otherwise you wouldn't be able to hear your passengers speak?

Now that would be funny.

"Audi announce a new feature for their cars, AWC (Advanced Wife Cancelling)"

[Nors]

king arthur said:

Now that would be funny.

"Audi announce a new feature for their cars, AWC (Advanced Wife Cancelling)"

[bobberz]

PaulFontaine said:

bobberz said:

Time for a new Transporter movie?

Would love some pics/info on the S7 and S5. Does the S5 still have that lovely V8, or has it gone to the 6 pot that's in the S4?

the orignal Transporter was a BMW though

Yeah, I know, but for the most recent two, it's been the A8/S8. Beside, the 7 series doesn't look as nice as it did back then.

[Zwoelf]

Technically speaking, the Lamborghini uses an Audi-derived 5.2 V10 BTW. The power and torque figures, the respective rpms at which they are produced are distinctly different - as is the noise.

It's dry-sumped in the Lamborghini and not in the Audi, however in both applications it uses Lamborghini's four valve layout, rather than VAG's usual five, it's basic architecture is built by Audi in Hungary and then either finished in Ingolstadt or Sant'Agata. I'd expect that level of generalism from Clarkson TBH.

I suppose now it uses a "Bentley" engine though...

[TonyHetherington]

Nors said:

TonyHetherington said:

I'm sure I just read a side piece in EVO this morning that said 700bhp for the 2012/2013 RS6. I'll double check tonight, because even as I type that it seems ludicrous.

That's nuts if true!! Can't see it though. Guy I know that works for Audi (doesn't mean it's true of course) states that the next generation RS's are going for their new weight saving technology. Arguably, better direction I think.

I double checked last night - it said "2013 - RS6, an estate with almost 700bhp."

So I remembered it slightly wrong, however it's still nuts!

[tosh.brice]

Beefmeister said:

Exactamundo. I predict the RS6 will have 600bhp and be somewhat mental...

I always think S stands for Silly and RS for Really Silly. (I drive an S3 which is equivalent to Really Silly for Israeli roads - a TDI would be perfectly adequate )

[davepoth]

TonyHetherington said:

I double checked last night - it said "2013 - RS6, an estate with almost 700bhp."

So I remembered it slightly wrong, however it's still nuts!

They're just guessing; that's the same output as the new Lambo V12. Expect it to have the V10 out of the Gallardo replacement packing 600hp, which is I should think enough.