re: car magazine on the new s4

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

just got my issue.  yes, that s4 sounds heavenly, doesn't it, coming real
close to beating the euro M3 for all out go, even beating it "under real
world conditions".  if that's the case it would make mincemeat out of the
US M3.  but..  i'm not hopeful about this car making it here. 

there was talk in the last issue about a light pressure turbo V6.  there
has been rumors swirling around here already, but the article did not say
that the light pressure single turbo V6 will be part of the US S4.. it
could very well be yet another powerplant variation of a regular A4 or
perhaps a mid range A6.  who knows....  but it appears that the
single light pressure turbo is for real.

the other car featured that is even less likely to make it here is the A4
2.5 TDI.  if anything that review was even more positive than the S4
review.  vibration and smoke free, they say.  i'd love to have one of
these to go travelling the country in. and i think diesels are able to run
much higher boost pressures than gas engines too.. will be great for
traversing the rockies.. :)

i'm still seeing A4s fly out of the dealerships here.  one day they
are unloading a bunch of cars from the truck, next day the owners
who have waited up to 5 months come by to pick them up.  the new
passat, surprisingly hasn't caught on fire yet, neither has the
new A6..


eliot