[s-cars] Volkswagon I5 Engine

[dooksniffer at comcast.net]

The W12 A8 donned a sticker price of $140k at the Philly auto show last week.
At this depreciation rate I guess I'll pick one up for <$20k in about a month.

Ron

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> 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 
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