Re: Newsflash: tiny turbo kills mighty V8

["Peer Oliver Schmidt" <pos@anaheim.crosswinds.net>]

According to the pictures in the german Auto Bild, there will be an S8 with
the twin-turbo coming out 1999. Also, they will produce an S6 with the same
engine next year.

My .02$

rgds
pos

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ti Kan <ti@amb.org>
To: Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>
Cc: ti@amb.org <ti@amb.org>; Glen_Powell@ne.3com.com
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Date: Sonntag, 10. Januar 1999 19:36
Subject: Re: Newsflash: tiny turbo kills mighty V8


Brett Dikeman writes:
> Whoops.  I guess I'm confusing the current S8 with the rumors about
> the new S8?  I thought they were moving towards twin-turbo'd engines
> in the S cars, a la the S4 V6...I thought the S8 would have the twin
> turbo V8.

Yeah, there are some rumours to that effect.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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