Fwd: Re: The S4 twin turbo is Slow

[Chris Dyer]

Excuse me, I have to go buy my Calvin peeing on subaru logo sticker.

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>From: Arun Rao <rao at pixar.com>
>To: Identiles at aol.com
>CC: JShadzi at aol.com, quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: The S4 twin turbo is Slow
>Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:49:30 -0700
>
>Identiles at aol.com wrote:
>[..]
> >
> > You can disagree all you want but come on there is a Speed and 
>Horsepower war
> > out there. Audi better bring some RS cars over here to kick ass. Cause 
>the
> > 250 HP is not cutting it. Toyota camarys and Honda accords have 200 HP 
>now.
>
>What you might be missing is the ridiculous amount of torque the "mere"
>250 HP comes with -- factory says 258 ft-lbs @1,850, actual numbers
>apparently more like 280-290 (!).  You're right -- pretty much any car
>these days has 200+ HP, and they're almost universally a few hundred
>pounds lighter  -- but I've seen very few cars that can keep with even
>my venerable '91 200Q on the freeway, let alone the S4.
>
>To me, what's most telling is that you can reasonably drive the S4
>around town at 25 mph in *sixth*!
>
>-Arun
>
>
>'91 200Q (139K)
>'00 S4 (29K)
>
>
>--
>Arun Rao
>Pixar Animation Studios
>1200 Park Ave
>Emeryville, CA 94608
>(510) 752-3526


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