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I mean one from Audi and one from Porsche. As you said Audi will likely onlyhave either an updated supercharged 3.0 or a TT version scaled down from the new hot side in V8?

Interesting any updates on this? I believe it does show the future of Audi A models design which won't be as boxy as the Q models. Most future renders have been showing the car Audis with far too...

Seems like BMW is holding its X5 too, the photos of it leaked a while back but no debut. I beleive the Q7 is taking extra long because it will be the first on the MLB evo platform and that is taking...

This quote is interesting but I fear the additional volume is from the Q3 RS rather than something like an RS6 sedan.


"We aim to increase sales of high-performance cars by one third" in 2013,...

Length is good, it makes it easier to have good proportions but still be tall enough to be roomy. Would be the perfect vehicle to use the turbo version of the new 6.3 W12 with 650 horsepower.

The 3.0 T 8 speed auto hybrid comes as one package and can be dropped into different cars, would take extra work to create a new package with a different gas unit to mate the two together.

The basic engines up to 2 liters are shared as VW takes lead in their development but above is "Audi" engines. With the power generated by 2 liter turbo nowadays VW almost has no need for anything...

The V6 is certainly shorter than the V8 so the packaging would be tighter I assume? Does the Porsche V6 have turbos in the usual place? Either way I suppose there will be two different FI V6 3.0, a...

The 2.5T is an RS/Audi engine and I haven't seen any other RS engines in a VW before. Audi has had its 2.0T with Valvelift for quite some years already but the GTI is just getting it now.

The 3.0 VR6 TT (as seen in the VW concepts) wouldn't work in a A4/A5. And that engine is not confirmed for production. Not sure what Audi is going to do with its next FI V6. I am not sure if they can...

From what I read the TT 3.0 VR6 is not guaranteed yet as VW doesn't have much use for it. A high performance CC R or Touareg is perhaps the only VW that needs 300 + hp from a VR6. Actually the...

Actually this looks like a VR6 engine.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/suvs/1304_volkswagen_crossblue_coupe_concept_first_look/photo_19.html#

I am very skeptical of Porsche sharing an...

Not bad, doesn't look as funky as many hatch to sedan transitions that just look too short.

I like what I hear :revs:

TEST DATA (S7, 650i xdrive, CLS 550 4Matic)
ACCELERATION TO MPH
0-30 1.2 sec 1.4 sec 1.7 sec
0-40 2 2.3 2.5
0-50 2.8 3.1 3.4
0-60 3.9 4.2 4.4
0-70 5.1 5.4 5.7
0-80 6.4 6.9 ...

S8 test, the RS7 is a bit lighter and more powerful. The numbers will only be better. :incar:

0-60: 3.6
1/4 mile in 11.9 @ 118 these numbers look similar to what the GT-R did when it first came...

I don't think clicks equal sales. I am guessing the guys at AoA have the exact sales figures for E63 sedan and wagon, CTS-V sedan and wagon, M5 sedan, Jaguar XF-R and everything else comparable in...

Correct. And some really important news in that release (aside from saying how many S models are sold) is that the Q5 for the first time ever outsold the A4. The Q5 sells 6 times as much as the...

Absolutely correct, we shall see if Cadillac will even bother with the CTS wagon in the next gen that is about to debut soon. No one buys wagons in America unless they look like SUVs. I do believe...

I am sure that the RS6 has the same 8 speed ZF that is the best auto on the market and is used by BMW, Rolls Royce, Bentley and others. In the Mulsanne it is good for 757 lb-ft of torque. Unless you...

Looking at the data for the last few months Audi has sold about the same total amount of S6 and S7 models but considering that Audi sells about twice as many A6 as A7 in the US that shows that the S7...

S7 performance specs for reference:

0-60: 3.9
1/4 mile: 12.3 @ 112.1

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedans/1212_2013_audi_s7_first_test/

Was just about to post that, good news in that article.

Aagree, no need to stretch this thin.

I am not against the letter at all, I just don't think there is any chance for the Avant for the reasons I have stated, but for the RS6 sedan there might be. AoA should be getting a good read on...