[s-cars] RS6 vs M5

[Paul Friedenberg]

You could get a 6 speed in the S8 and S6 in Europe until only recently. All
of the sudden the manuals are not strong enough?

Paul "6 speed on the way" Friedenberg


>From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
>To: Chris Covington <malth at umich.edu>, QSHIPQ at aol.com
>CC: flhuillier at siebel.com, <fjamoroso at webtv.net>, <t44tq at mindspring.com>,
><UrS492 at aol.com>, <s-car-list at audifans.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] RS6 vs M5
>Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:29:16 -0400
>
>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."
>
>Doesn't mean I disagree with you...I fully feel the "technical"
>argument offered by Audi is marketing spin best and an outright lie
>at worst.  It's simple; I'm sure Audi did some market research, and
>found that those in the market for an RS6 wanted an automatic.
>
>Face the music, folks.  How many of us are in the market for an RS6?
>I bet I can count the # of people on one hand.
>
>Oh, and for whoever said "Audi is interested in building quiet space
>ships that go with no noise", I suggest you listen to a '02 S6
>avant's exhaust note some time.  Not exactly whisper quiet.
>
>Brett
>--
>----
>"They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary
>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin
>http://www.users.cloud9.net/~brett/
>http://www.apple.com/switch/
>_______________________________________________
>S-CAR-List mailing list
>S-CAR-List at audifans.com
>http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list


_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.