Re: Audi TT Roadster / Debut at the Geneva Motor Show

["Stephen Bigelow" <sbigelow@sprint.ca>]

>>    The 165 kW (225 bhp) power unit for the top-of-the-range model
>> supplies the front and rear wheels with ample torque via a 6-speed
>> gearbox: there's a constant 280 Nm on tap right the way from 2,200 to
>> 5,500 rpm.
>
>Physically, this isn't possible - the torque curve is obviously being
>flattened electronically.
>
>Which suggests there's scope for unflattening it ...


Copywriters double talk, I'll wager.

280 Nm. @ X
290 Nm @  X+1000...still "280 Nm on tap"
300 Nm @ X+2000...still "280 Nm on tap"
281 Nm @ X+3000...still "280 Nm on tap".....

Course, maybe not......

But I'm sure there is "10 Nm on tap" from 200 rpm, all the way to 9000
rpm...

Stephen Bigelow
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