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Re: Ronin/S8

At 16:31 99-03-15 -0500, Scott Sierakowski wrote:

>What is a S8 exactly, in the USA we don't get the good cars.  Does
>anyone have any idea what is in a S8 for a motor?  Is it a V8, V8 turbo,
>V8 bi-turbo?

It has a N/A 4.2 V8 with 340hp - a tweaked version of the engine found on
the A8 (which produces "only" 300hp). I believe the recently introduced
updated model features 5 valve engine with 360hp. The car is available with
either 6sp manual or 5sp Tiptronic transmission.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars break at the same time :-)