lambertpig Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 my freind picked up his new toy on the weekend audi a8 w12 450bhp. traded in his bmw v8 m5, the motor is loverly but in a straight line my supe would just about take it. havnt gone head to head yet but we have blasted up bits of known road in it and it seems to be about 5mph less on the clock.not conclusive yet so we will see.beutifull car awesome spec huge hifi 20inch alloys(big road noise).he says that after 100 he can feel the permanent 4 wheel drive taking away a lot of the power but low responce is truly aesome.very nice indeed. he has a vauxhall vx 220 turbo modded 270 bhp 950kg weight as a toy .fun to drive but awefull in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Nice. I've always liked the A8. I bet that 6 litre engine isn't cheap to run. I thought they were 420bhp though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I had a go against one of those last winter in the middle of the night. Despite me being on full boost in the cold air the Audi was very impressive. Fast, and it could handle too. Like BMW, Monaro etc, the looks of those kind of cars aren't all that, wolves in sheeps clothing for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supRo Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Is that the one with the Lambo engine? Impressive for a big car - Top end was almost the same as my BPU supra, I was gaining on him slightly. Nothing like the current M5 - That's a rocket! Edit: sorry the one I raced with was a less powerful engine (S8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Is that the one with the Lambo engine? Nothing like the current M5 - That's a rocket! Yeah rockets don't have indicators either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Nice, I love the A8/S8's, almost bought one last summer but I found I couldn't live with the auto and the performance was fast but very underwhelming what with it being so waftey Is that the one with the Lambo engine? that's the S6 and the audi V10 has very little in common with lambo version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambertpig Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 this is not the lambo engine model that is the new s8. just a 6.0 w12 engine running 450bhp according to the stats.essintially two golf vr6 lumps put together apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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