Re: and now for the RS...

["Daniel Hussey" <dan_hussey@email.msn.com>]

Sorry I have to do this but....HOLY SH!T!!!!!!

500hp in A6 platform.....WoW!

Only question now is, will we see it in the US?

Later,
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: eliot <eliot@eskimo.com>
To: northwest audi enthusiasts <audi-nw@u.washington.edu>
Cc: quattro mailing list <quattro@audifans.com>
Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999 9:21 PM
Subject: and now for the RS...


>
>remember, you read it here first!
>
>if you thought that the S4 twin turbo was audi's competitor for the BMW M3
>and the A6 4.2 or A6 2.7TT the competitor for the M5 you are not alone.
>you and me though, thought wrong.
>
>the ultimate A4 of this generation's car is not the S4 as most of us
>assume but the RS4, appearing in europe next summer.  power output?
>
>how about 400 bhp?
>
>holee donkee sheeet!
>
>piech wants it to outrun any current or future M3 and M5. the S6 (not RS6)
>has been announced.. 340 bhp from a V6TT.. there's also a 360 bhp V8TT..
>not sure what that will be called.
>
>the RS6 has been announced for 2001.. power output from a twin turbo V8
>is......
>
> 5 0 0   b h p
>
>
>500 bhp.. think about that for a moment.  today's car makes only 193.  not
>even the 6 liter mercedes V12 was making that kind of power.  piech is a
>real maniac!!  hey after all he designed that flat 12 1000+ bhp porsche
>917.  i don't think there's even a production car sold in america that
>makes 500 bhp.. i think the viper and 993 twin turbo are in the 400+
>range... and the ferrari 550 maranello about 480.  reading about this is
>enough to make me drunk!
>
>the 2002 RS3 will get a single turbo 25 valve straight five
>
>the RS version of the TT called TTRS will have a V6 (though another
>article also said turbo straight five)
>
>
>eliot