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Audi R8 Engine
Audi R8 Engine The figures illustrate the outstanding potential of the eight-cylinder unit. At 7,800 rpm the 4.2-liter engine delivers 420 bhp of power output. Peak torque is 317 lb-ft from 4,500 to 6,000 rpm. And no less than 90 per cent of this maximum torque is maintained consistently throughout a wide engine speed range from 3,500 all the way to 7,600 rpm.
As a result of these qualities, the eight-cylinder power unit provides maximum thrust in virtually any driving situation. The performance figures are equally impressive: the R8 accelerates from a standstill to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds and reaches a top speed of 187 mph.
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Audi A8 2010
The current generation Audi A8 or otherwise coded the D3 has been with us since 2003. Only receiving a few minimal facelifts, it’s rivals, the Mercedes S-Class, Lexus LS, BMW 7-Series and everything that falls within the same category have all but moved on past facelifts and onto new models already. That’s a fact but the truth is, the design will have to stay on for at least another two years as the next generation ‘D4′ A8 isn’t due to arrive until 2010. A prototype has been spotted undergoing cold weather testing while hidden under the current D3 body. The first give away was that it was odd to see an almost obsolete model undergoing testing at such a late stage in its life cycle, and that it needed extended fender flares, a stretched wheelbase and wider track, what other visual cues could a trained eye need?
The A8 will use an extended version of the modular platform used in the A4 but predictably will be built using more exclusive and exotic materials such as aluminum and magnesium to save weight and improve dynamics. The engine line up will very likely be the same as the current range, starting with the 2.8 liter petrol onto the middle class 4.2 liter V8 FSI and Audi’s all new 6 liter V12 TDI to top the segment.
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2009 Audi A4 3.0
In terms of production planning, the United States is no market for cars leads us. Sure, Audi plans to begin selling an SUV Q7 with the same 3.0-liter turbo diesel V6 starts in less than a year and you can bet that the installation in his best-seller, A4 follow. But a manual transmission? Nobody buys more, and certainly not in a German luxury sedan… expensive or would they be?
After taking a spin in Audi A4 newly kitted with the 3.0 TDI with 6-speed manual, we can say firmly that it is a fantastic package and it’s all your fault, it will not be coming. Well, not exactly, but in general buying public as a whole and their anti-manual. If your job is to read customer preferences as well as the good people in the department AoA product planning, then this is not the right configuration for achieving sales targets. Alas, the reality is another name for a female mutt. You know… the b-word.
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