new audi A8 W12

[Brett Dikeman]

At 7:55 PM +0100 11/25/03, Phil Payne wrote:
>  > Yaaaaaawn.
>>
>>  Go look at an S55 AMG.  500HP, 0-62.5(not 60, no sir!) in 4.8
>>  seconds.  Oh, so you like 12 cylinders, and those superchargers are
>>  bothersome?  Okay.  The S600.  V12, Bi-turbo, 500hp.  4.8 seconds.
>>  How 'bout THEM apples.  Mwuhaha.
>
>Check out comparative bhp/tonne - remember the A8L is aluminium.

Ok, so if the A8L has a better power/weight ratio, why's it over a 
half second slower in the Great Equalizer, the 0-60?

B
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