An RS5 is HOW fast?

[onyx39]

Sorry about the fact it's a Wail link, but this appeared on my Facebook news feed today.

"Britain’s fastest getaway driver almost outran police helicopter as he reached 180mph in £85,000 stolen sports car•Officers caught Ben Westwood as he tried to flee from bungled petrol station raid

•Court heard that thief drove in the wrong direction down a motorway slip road at 70mph towards a police car•Westwood is Britain’s fastest getaway driver - beating the previous record of 172mph
•Officers saw Westwood’s stolen Audi parked in the vicinity of a string of raids in Staffordshire
•He was jailed in 2007 for four-and-a-half years for being part of a gang who stole a fleet of luxury cars


Ben Westwood, 33, reached speeds of more than twice the national limit as he fled from a police helicopter
A getaway driver hit speeds of up to 180mph as he attempted to flee from police – and is thought to be the fastest driver ever prosecuted in the UK.

Ben Westwood, 33, almost outran a police helicopter, which recorded sparks and flames coming from the underside of the stolen and modified Audi RS5, a court heard.
Westwood approached the car’s 200mph top speed during the 65-mile chase on the M6.



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[70proof]

a lot of these amg/m/rs cars have in xs of 450hp so delimited have crazy top speeds......

[Dave Hedgehog]

Nice necro on a DM article

[Nors]

"The court heard the car had a Lamborghini engine,"

I think they're confusing that with a V10 RS6 C6.

[Mr SFJ]

He put the lamborghini engine in it, and resprayed it black

His vehicle of choice was an Audi RS5, which was white when he’d stolen it. Modified with a “Lamborghini engine” and a “special racing brake”, the car was repainted black after the police became aware it was being used in the robberies.

taken from:

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/08/audi-rs5-...

[Nors]

Mr SFJ said:

He put the lamborghini engine in it, and resprayed it black

His vehicle of choice was an Audi RS5, which was white when he’d stolen it. Modified with a “Lamborghini engine” and a “special racing brake”, the car was repainted black after the police became aware it was being used in the robberies.

taken from:

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/08/audi-rs5-...

Taken from the same article:-

It’s likely that the whole “Lamborghini engine” business comes from a misunderstanding: the outgoing Audi S6 and S8 had a variant of the Lamborghini Gallardo’s V10. That engine is found, with different accessories, in the Audi R8 5.2 as well. Nor would a special engine be needed to play drag race with a cop-chopper; the RS5 can knock on the door of 174mph even with the factory limiter in place.

;)

+ I doubt this idiot would have the brains or money to do a V10 transplant , even if it was possible!!

Edited by Nors on Thursday 29th May 15:12

[Mr SFJ]

Nors said:

Taken from the same article:-

It’s likely that the whole “Lamborghini engine” business comes from a misunderstanding: the outgoing Audi S6 and S8 had a variant of the Lamborghini Gallardo’s V10. That engine is found, with different accessories, in the Audi R8 5.2 as well. Nor would a special engine be needed to play drag race with a cop-chopper; the RS5 can knock on the door of 174mph even with the factory limiter in place.

;)

+ I doubt this idiot would have the brains or money to do a V10 transplant , even if it was possible!!

Edited by Nors on Thursday 29th May 15:12

I made a schoolboy error, I scan read the thing

I know that with a little tinker by ABT the RS6 engine can make near as 700hp, which is cool!

[Nors]

Mr SFJ said:

I made a schoolboy error, I scan read the thing

I know that with a little tinker by ABT the RS6 engine can make near as 700hp, which is cool!

Done it myself many times.

MRC do a Remap, Exhaust and a Panel Filter for the C6 RS6 and it comfortably makes about 730bhp. Beast of an engine.

[RBOnline]

This was on one of those police shows a year or two ago wasn't it?

From the dash camera of a police car, it passes the RS5, turns around, and by the time it has all you can see is tail lights in the distance.

Seriously quick.

[mybrainhurts]

Mr SFJ said:

I made a schoolboy error,

Jimmy Savile had that problem too...

[toerag]

[Red Devil]

Nors said:

Mr SFJ said:

He put the lamborghini engine in it, and resprayed it black

His vehicle of choice was an Audi RS5, which was white when he’d stolen it. Modified with a “Lamborghini engine” and a “special racing brake”, the car was repainted black after the police became aware it was being used in the robberies.

taken from:

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/08/audi-rs5-...

Taken from the same article:-

It’s likely that the whole “Lamborghini engine” business comes from a misunderstanding: the outgoing Audi S6 and S8 had a variant of the Lamborghini Gallardo’s V10. That engine is found, with different accessories, in the Audi R8 5.2 as well. Nor would a special engine be needed to play drag race with a cop-chopper; the RS5 can knock on the door of 174mph even with the factory limiter in place.

;)
der
+ I doubt this idiot would have the brains or money to do a V10 transplant , even if it was possible!!

Where does it say that Westwood was responsible for the engine and brake modifications? If there were such, it's far more likely they had already been done and the car was stolen to order. All he did was change the colour on an already 'hot' (in both senses) motor.