Erik
October 27th, 2005, 08:38
From Kraftwerk @ 6speedonline.com
"Tonight was the grand opening of Audi of Lexington, our first Audi dealership in an hour radius, YES! Anyway, they pulled off all the stops and went big. Endless catering, champagne, live music, they seriously know how to treat clients. Down to business, the highlights of the night were: test drives, showcase of the whole line up, a speech by the North American sales director, R8 and RS6 display.
I chose to test drive the A3 equipped with the DSG transmission and I could not be more impressed. The 2.0T motor itself did not feel all that fast and definetly not as torquey as my 1.8T but the shifts were lightning quick and very smooth. If you do not know about the DSG, it is paddle-shift driven and works by pre-selecting the next gear which means its also running in 2nd while your in 1st and 3rd while your in 2nd and so on. Something like that anyways. It equates to very quick upshifts and downshifts which are still much faster and smoother than a tiptronic. My favorite quote of the night:
Audi Tech - "You see the ESP button-"
Me - "Oh, you mean traction control?" (Turns button off)
Audi Tech - "It'll burn the tires through first..."
Me - "Here goes." (followed by a smokey launch, and a big grin on my face)
They also brought in the ADT #3 Audi R8 Le Mans driven by Lehto and Kristensen(sp) and the Speed GT #2 RS6 driven by Galati. They said the R8 didn't have the motor, but the RS6 was fired up twice. The first time just for some revs and the sound was glorious, not even obnoxiously loud but it definetly growled and the turbos just whistled and whistled as they spooled. He explained to a group of my friends and me that in detuned form it made around 580hp and at full boost which I think was 45psi it could top 680-700 with capabilities of 900. Most of the car was carbon fiber. The door could be opened with literally a pinky, it probably weighed less than 3lbs. The second time he fired it up he slowly rolled down the curb (the clutch seemed really tricky, but he still impressed me), revved it up a few grand and did the sickest AWD launch I have ever seen, it seemed like the car just disappeared. He lit up all four and blew down a short side road (past the Porsche dealership) and back up. It seriously made my hair stand on end. What impressed me about this car is that it's a true manual, not a sequential, which I did not know. I know these pics arent very good (bad camera + lack of light = crap) but it will give you an idea."
In the Darkness
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/KraftwerkB5/HPIM1203-Small.jpg
Best picture
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/KraftwerkB5/HPIM1204-Small.jpg
Really poor quality, but shows the width and height difference between the RS6 and my A4.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/KraftwerkB5/HPIM1205-Small.jpg
"Tonight was the grand opening of Audi of Lexington, our first Audi dealership in an hour radius, YES! Anyway, they pulled off all the stops and went big. Endless catering, champagne, live music, they seriously know how to treat clients. Down to business, the highlights of the night were: test drives, showcase of the whole line up, a speech by the North American sales director, R8 and RS6 display.
I chose to test drive the A3 equipped with the DSG transmission and I could not be more impressed. The 2.0T motor itself did not feel all that fast and definetly not as torquey as my 1.8T but the shifts were lightning quick and very smooth. If you do not know about the DSG, it is paddle-shift driven and works by pre-selecting the next gear which means its also running in 2nd while your in 1st and 3rd while your in 2nd and so on. Something like that anyways. It equates to very quick upshifts and downshifts which are still much faster and smoother than a tiptronic. My favorite quote of the night:
Audi Tech - "You see the ESP button-"
Me - "Oh, you mean traction control?" (Turns button off)
Audi Tech - "It'll burn the tires through first..."
Me - "Here goes." (followed by a smokey launch, and a big grin on my face)
They also brought in the ADT #3 Audi R8 Le Mans driven by Lehto and Kristensen(sp) and the Speed GT #2 RS6 driven by Galati. They said the R8 didn't have the motor, but the RS6 was fired up twice. The first time just for some revs and the sound was glorious, not even obnoxiously loud but it definetly growled and the turbos just whistled and whistled as they spooled. He explained to a group of my friends and me that in detuned form it made around 580hp and at full boost which I think was 45psi it could top 680-700 with capabilities of 900. Most of the car was carbon fiber. The door could be opened with literally a pinky, it probably weighed less than 3lbs. The second time he fired it up he slowly rolled down the curb (the clutch seemed really tricky, but he still impressed me), revved it up a few grand and did the sickest AWD launch I have ever seen, it seemed like the car just disappeared. He lit up all four and blew down a short side road (past the Porsche dealership) and back up. It seriously made my hair stand on end. What impressed me about this car is that it's a true manual, not a sequential, which I did not know. I know these pics arent very good (bad camera + lack of light = crap) but it will give you an idea."
In the Darkness
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/KraftwerkB5/HPIM1203-Small.jpg
Best picture
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/KraftwerkB5/HPIM1204-Small.jpg
Really poor quality, but shows the width and height difference between the RS6 and my A4.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/KraftwerkB5/HPIM1205-Small.jpg