[s-cars] Volkswagon I5 Engine

[Joe Pizzimenti]

I second the new Z06, at 500 HP, there's nothing in its price range
that can touch it.  Can't wait for someone to put it up against the
911 Turbo performance wise.  Just by the numbers, it will blow it
away, and for much cheaper.

Not to mention that the C5 Z06 is probably the best sportscar bargain
you can find right now.  They can be had with low miles for the low
30k region, handle better than any German car you can buy, rival most
Italian and British offerings in the performance coupe genre and can
be brought up to 600HP fairly cheaply.

But that's neither here nor there.  :-)


On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:46:26 -0800 (PST), Mtgadbois at aol.com
<Mtgadbois at aol.com> wrote:
> 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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