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Diesel R8? Pah! A much faster petrol one is coming(has RS6 twin turbo V10 engine)!!!

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  • 31-03-2008 1:21pm
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    E92
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    Yes, isn't it great news! A 580 bhp PETROL R8 will be the new range topper for the car. And the V10 is the twin turbo lump from the RS6.

    And even better news is the return of a 5 pot Audi. Audi fans must be seriously excited at the thought of another 5 pot Audi. The memories of the ur-quattro and all that! I'm over the moon. I can't contain myself:D:D! Today is a brilliant day for Audi and cars in general!

    The TT-RS will NOT happen, because of some VAG/Porsche rule, but fear not the only reason it won't happen is because of that. The car will be renamed, simple as that. Anyway, the "TT-RS" will have a 5 pot 2.5 340 bhp engine.

    Story here.


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    galwaytt
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    which could give rise to a whole new moniker: Audi can only use it as a prefix, as in ‘RS6' - RSTT, as in, couldn't be aRSTT!

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    RedorDead
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    E92 wrote: »
    Yes, isn't it great news! A 580 bhp PETROL R8 will be the new range topper for the car. And the V10 is the twin turbo lump from the RS6.

    And even better news is the return of a 5 pot Audi. Audi fans must be seriously excited at the thought of another 5 pot Audi. The memories of the ur-quattro and all that! I'm over the moon. I can't contain myself:D:D! Today is a brilliant day for Audi and cars in general!

    The TT-RS will NOT happen, because of some VAG/Porsche rule, but fear not the only reason it won't happen is because of that. The car will be renamed, simple as that. Anyway, the "TT-RS" will have a 5 pot 2.5 340 bhp engine.

    Story here.

    Apparently one of the names they are looking at is TTR.


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    astraboy
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    5 POT, like the Quattro of old!:) Still don't see your beef with the Diesel R8, I'm sure it'll be a rocket and might be a sign of things to come. Read a recent review of the rs6 and its supposed to be crazy, all dressed up in a subtle estate shape. I'd have one of them before the R8 to be honest.


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    C_Breeze
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    Am i missing something? ..whats so great about a 5 pot?

    Surely a V6 , I6 would be nicer?


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    Anan1
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    C_Breeze wrote: »
    Am i missing something? ..whats so great about a 5 pot?

    Surely a V6 , I6 would be nicer?
    A lot of it's nostalgia. That said, the Audi 5 cylinder is actually a much nicer engine than you'd think from the specifications.


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    E92
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    5 cylinder engines make a superb sound, almost as good as a straight 6(very different sound though) but are more economical than a straight 6.

    Stand behind a Volvo 850/S70 and you'll know what I'm on about. Audi's old 5 cylinder engines were superb sounding.

    They would be a lot smoother than a 4 cylinder engine, and not far off a 6 cylinder engine for smoothness too. This article is fascinating and explains about why straight 6 engines are the smoothest engine this side of a V12, as well as how the different configurations affect smoothness etc.

    There's also the nostalgia and the big history that goes with Audi and 5 cylinder engines. Audi were famous for their 5 pot engines, as famous as BMW are for sticking with the classical straight 6 even to this very day.


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    JHMEG
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    E92 wrote: »
    They would be a lot smoother than a 4 cylinder engine, and not far off a 6 cylinder engine for smoothness too.
    I don't really get this emphasis on smoothness. If I wanted smoothness above all else I'd get a Lexus LS. 130mph smooth without knocking over the champagne pyramid.

    Of all the cars I've owned, my favourite vibrated *everything* when the engine was running. So much so that the satnav stuck to the windscreen was unusable. Smoothness = engine hiding itself.

    OTOH, engine note, especially at idle is a product of induction and exhaust, not the number of cylinders. The sound of a 4-cyl Subaru 'boxer' engine is hard to beat.


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