[s-cars] RS6 vs M5

[mlp]

NEWSFLASH - In what some industry insiders are calling a bold "Really
thinking outside the box...."  move, Audi has just announced its ultimate
weight saving strategy for its next generation of Audi ultra performance "S"
and RS series cars ~ Audi will remove the driver for an estimated average
savings of at least 150 to 200 lbs per car.  Removal of the driver will
allows deletion of other, weight sapping frivolous amenities such as the
steering wheel, seats etc which could subtract at least another 500 to 600
lbs of weight from the vehicles.

"We see this is a logical extension of our recent moves to eliminate the
manual transmission in the cars" said a spokesperson who asked not to be
identified.  "You get ride of that manual transmission, and pretty soon you
can start clearing all sorts of useless weight out of the vehicles."  With
the substitution of a 4 or 5lbs blue tooth remote access drive by wire kit,
Audi hopes to shave another 800+ lbs off it vehicles which will give it an
insurmountable lead over former nemesis & perennial "Bench mark, against
which all others are measured, and found wanting," BMW.

mlp

~-----Original Message-----
~From: s-car On Behalf Of Kent McLean
~Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 9:42 AM
~
~JShadzi at aol.com wrote:
~>Here is what I propose for the next S-car:
~>-A4 chassis, light weight, reduce interior weight by removing power
~>features and using lighter materials and less sound dampening (hell,
~>the Supra used hollow fibers in the carpet to reduce weight), climate
~>control and stereo optional.
~