super saloons

[Roadrunner]

Read in the local paper this weekend about Audi's new RS6 performance model, available in saloon or estste. This brute has a 4.2 litre twin turbo v8 with 450bhp! Leccy gizmo's and quattro will keep things in check. Sounds like fun for a practical car.

The major German firms seem to be on a quest to out do each other at the moment, which is good. I thought the old Lotus Carlton had crazy power for this kind of vehicle, and when the m5 broke the 400bhp barrier that seemed a tad crazy (in a good way). Now Merc are bringing out a 200mph 470bhp AMG E class. What about that nutty 500bhp Australian saloon too? Soon these family cars will have more power than a lambo!

Any future / relevance for the traditional supercar's soon?

[JonRB]

quote: What about that nutty 500bhp Australian saloon too?

That'll be the Holden HSV with an aftermarket (yet factory-sanctioned) supercharger. I think EVO recently said that if you were a TVR owner who had had to sell his TVR due to an expanding family, then this was the car to get.

[PetrolTed]

A TVR saloon, now there's an idea...

[sjc]

I'm a 4 time TVR owner who has bought an HSV GTS-R (410BHP). It really was as close to a four door TVR as I could find in noise, performance and driver involvement.

[go-go]

Roadrunner, that's worrying me, a saloon with 450 BHP with possibly w****r behind the wheel in everyday traffic. And the number of cars like that is increasing every day . Even a normal MPV today has 120-150 BHP.

I don't know if I am wrong, but I never realized that are so many apassionate drivers (and capable) around me.

[sjc]

Go-Go why would it follow that it might be a w****r behind the wheel because it's a saloon with big BHP? or (more likely) have I missed the point!

[kevinday]

Perhaps we should turn this thread into another one about the appalling level of driver instruction and how there should be tiered driving licenses.

[go-go]

Kevinday gave an answer. Explained myself bad.
My concern is a HP crescendo in the cars for everyday use with mediocre drivers behind the wheel. Saloons, coupe's, targa's, and so on.

[sjc]

I'm far more worried about the lunatic doing 60 in a 30 in a souped up old banger. The thread was about about saloon cars becoming fun and I'm all for that.