[s-cars] RS6 vs M5

[bob.rossato at att.net]

> At 9:23 AM -0400 6/27/02, Chris Covington wrote:
>
> >and
> >now 20+ years later they can't figure out how to make a manual
> >transmission strong enough for the RS6?  I don't believe it.
>
> Believe the reality, if nothing else...You -cannot- get a V8 with a
> manual now.  Period.  End of story.  They haven't built a stick
> "strong enough" to "handle" the NA 4.2...in any form.  Audi claims
> the torque/HP is "too much."
>

The 360hp S8 is still available with a 6-spd manual in Europe and the rest-=
o-world market.  Just not available in the NA market.  I also thought the 6=
-spd had been deleted from the S8 for all markets but that is only on the S=
6=2E

Bob