RE: Audi TT RS Plus announced
Discussion
Mako V12V said:
Charlie Michael said:
Dr S said:
Who in his right mind would buy this over a Cayman S/R?
+1 Who in his right mind wants a high performance sports car with a dodgy engine which'll cost you £4-6000 to fix because Porsche refuse to admit that their water cooled engines have design flaws and also refuse to help out loyal customers!
Max-Burn said:
Not sure why the Germans have this 155 limit anyway, except to just annoy people.
I think it was something to do with the big three, BMW Audi & Merc in a gentlemans agreement in an attempt to appease the German Green party who were pushing for limits to be imposed on the deristricted autobahns in the 70's.SimNugget said:
Nope it didn't....
As of January 2010[update], the RS6 was Audi's single most powerful car ever to be produced by the marque,[12][13] and positioned the car ahead of its closest competitors, the BMW M5 and the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG in terms of engine output, both of whom have naturally aspirated engines. The RS6's 5.0L V10 biturbo engine produced a maximum motive power output of 426 kilowatts (579 PS; 571 bhp) at 6,250 to 6,700 rpm, and generated 650 newton metres aka_kerrly said:
That is where you are wrong and Audi are right.
Even PH is not a forum full of drivers, I'd bet around 5% of the members who post in GG have done 1 track day let alone provoke over steer on public roads. The vast majority of drivers who will be buying the Audi do not want over steer, what they do want is something that is stable, very fast with even a below average driver behind the wheel, something that won't bite them if they get too eager but most importantly looks good.
I agree that the wheels are a let down and really don't do anything for me but then I rarely have factory wheels on any of my cars.
Well said!! Coudn't have put it better myselfEven PH is not a forum full of drivers, I'd bet around 5% of the members who post in GG have done 1 track day let alone provoke over steer on public roads. The vast majority of drivers who will be buying the Audi do not want over steer, what they do want is something that is stable, very fast with even a below average driver behind the wheel, something that won't bite them if they get too eager but most importantly looks good.
I agree that the wheels are a let down and really don't do anything for me but then I rarely have factory wheels on any of my cars.
t! I think they need to rebrand the next gen and ditch the "tt" badge as everyone associates them with women, hairdressers and homosexuals!JJMatrixx said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
JJMatrixx said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
arn't you worried that it will go bang and you will get a massive bill? or do you have buckets of cash lying around?
There's a lot of chat about this on the VAGOC forum - guys are running 500bhp+ through this block with no issues. My clutch is starting to slip at 18k miles so I suspect I'll have to replace that at my own cost - cest la vie.David87 said:
mkindyr1 said:
Just a small point but the RS6 Plus was actually 580 PS and was a twin turbo V10.
You are in need of an RS6 education:C5 RS6 Plus (the good one)
C6 RS6 Plus (the marketing exercise to flog the last ones off)
It may well have been a Marketing exercise but with 580ps (55 more than r8 V10) who cares!
Kong said:
article said:
While you might have thought a bit more soul would have been more welcome than a 20hp boost Audi clearly hasn't quite lost the obsession with playing horsepower Top Trumps
So what is 'soul' and how does a manufacturer go about increasing it? dave stew said:
Now then - this, like the Golf et al is Haldex clutch based 4WD and that of course means that it's FWD until some slippage occurs.
I know that the Haldex system that Volvo use is hideously unreliable - eats the oil seals and then munches the 'angle gear'. Are these the same?
The only decent Audi 4WD systems use a north/south engine and conventional full time AWD.
Any quattro experts out there?
I had 19 years with ur quattro, 25% per wheel as first series (1983) and now 8 years with RS2 (torsen split on drive system) - never had a problem and both very driveable.I know that the Haldex system that Volvo use is hideously unreliable - eats the oil seals and then munches the 'angle gear'. Are these the same?
The only decent Audi 4WD systems use a north/south engine and conventional full time AWD.
Any quattro experts out there?
We now have a VR6 4Motion, with haldex system so bring in rwd at some software controlled point, ok so far for a cheap 2001 car, but am meticulous re haldex service etc to minimise risk, also it is not thrashed at our time of life.
Too much HP, rubbish chassis.
I'd maybe look at a base quattro TT as a daily drive because I don't care about the image or lack of space, and like the cabin. But seriously if you want performance just get something else and don't be suckered by 0-60 times.
I can't imagine the high rpm quattro launches with this much power do the clutch much good? How uprated is it?
I'd maybe look at a base quattro TT as a daily drive because I don't care about the image or lack of space, and like the cabin. But seriously if you want performance just get something else and don't be suckered by 0-60 times.
I can't imagine the high rpm quattro launches with this much power do the clutch much good? How uprated is it?
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