[s-cars] Volkswagon I5 Engine

[Mtgadbois at aol.com]

To all who care,
 
I went to the Chicago Auto today and the VW booth had a cut-away of their 5  
cylinder engine.  It is definitely an inline 5.  Looks somewhat  petite.  It 
is a dual overhead cam design with the cams working on rockers  and pushrods 
that affect the valves, not a semi-direct drive system like our  beloved Audi 5. 
 A noticeable improvement over Audi is that the cams  are driven by an 
internal chain at the rear of the engine.  The engine is  spec'ed at 2.5 liters and 
150 HP.
 
I went over to Audi, no real excitement there.  The A3 looks  nice.  The A8 
with the W12 engine is way big bucks at $117K.  Gave the  Audi rep some sh*t - 
no S cars with turbos etc.
Big disappointment - last year Audi had some very nice posters.  I  picked up 
two different ones at last year's Charity night and had them  framed.  This 
year no posters!
 
Lastly, this is heresy so you may not want to read further.  My kid  made me 
go to the Corvette area.  The new ZO6 is extremely tempting.   500HP, 0-60 in 
<4 sec. 1/4 mile in 11 seconds, cornering >1g., top speed  190 and more.  It 
looks great in yellow.  I don't know,  after 23 years of Porsches and Audis the 
next play car may not be a  P-car. 
 
Mark wowed  in Chicago