Audi RS6

[bornwild]

Lambo' Gallardo V10 on sterodis pumping out between 550 and 600hp plus those looks..

HERE (http://www.worldcarfans.com/spyphotos.cfm/country/gcf/spyphotoID/6070618.003/audi/audi-rs6-uncovered-spy-photos)

If I was a car, I'd root this thing so hard, it's not funny.....it's exhausts would hurt :D:D:D:D:D:D

[Rhino]

Same donk as the R8 (Check out the microsite (http://microsites.audi.com/audir8/html/index.php?lang=en). Very impressive)

Or Tiff's (hate the git) test drive (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SkarCTMjdgY)

[btm]

that thing would almost fly :D

[Wraith]

If I was a car, I'd root this thing so hard, it's not funny.....it's exhausts would hurt :D:D:D:D:D:D

LOL :D

You are starting to worry me a little, in a funny way ie :)

But yeh, that Lambo V10 engine sure is something, I believe VW/Audi have made it even better......

[gman]

But yeh, that Lambo V10 engine sure is something, I believe VW/Audi have made it even better......

Lambo V10 started life as an Audi engine....Lambo only ever had their V12 for the Murcielargo...That went from 6.0 to 6.4Lt

I love the new Lambo Gallardo Superleggaria.... HMMMMMMMMMM

[btm]

who doesnt!!

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3102/51590249st6.jpg

[Wraith]

I like the tweaked engine and lightened weight of the super leggera ('super lightweight' in italian) Lambo Gallardo, but not the boy racer add ons like the rear spoiler and rally look wheels...

I'd take a standard or limited edition as is, it's quick n sexy enough for me :)

And I love it in that metallic orange colour too :o

[btm]

I'd take a standard or limited edition as is, it's quick n sexy enough for me :)

And I love it in that metallic orange colour too :o
yeah, i spose if i had to settle for the standard one i spose i would :D

and the orange is ok... but would much prefer a yellow one - its dead sexy!

[gman]

I Lambo Gallardo, but not the boy racer add ons like the rear spoiler and rally look wheels...

The wheels are aluminium/titanium alloy and 5-7 kgs lighter than the stock ones...I'll take'em every day of the week....

Rear spoiler actually adds "real" down force..

Boy racer...I thnks not...

Extra downforce and lighter weight at 250KPH+ on the track..Priceless

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t262/aussiegman/MC_logo8.gif

[Wattie]

that must be the limited edition Rs6... the "odd coloured door model"
trully unique and individual :lol:

[Wraith]

The wheels are aluminium/titanium alloy and 5-7 kgs lighter than the stock ones...I'll take'em every day of the week....

Rear spoiler actually adds "real" down force..

Boy racer...I thnks not...

Extra downforce and lighter weight at 250KPH+ on the track..Priceless

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t262/aussiegman/MC_logo8.gif

All true, I was commenting on the look of those extra bits, not questioning the figures or functionality of it all ;)

And I still maintain, IMO it adds too much of a cheapened boy racer look to this car - despite actually adding to it's performance - good thing - and to it's already staggering price tag - bad thing, I would still prefer one of the standard models anyday :) titanium wheels or not, they look crap compared to the standard wheels ;)

[gman]

All true, I was commenting on the look of those extra bits, not questioning the figures or functionality of it all ;)

And I still maintain, IMO it adds too much of a cheapened boy racer look to this car - despite actually adding to it's performance - good thing - and to it's already staggering price tag - bad thing, I would still prefer one of the standard models anyday :) titanium wheels or not, they look crap compared to the standard wheels ;)

Fair enough, each to their own...

I love the way it looks..The wheel and spoiler I think add to give it a hard edge...A "I mean businessso don't even try!!""...

Its sex on wheels....Like an automotive version of Jessica Alba or Jennier Love Hewitt......

[Wraith]

yeah, i spose if i had to settle for the standard one i spose i would :D

and the orange is ok... but would much prefer a yellow one - its dead sexy!

Just for you my friend :D

http://i14.tinypic.com/6cy12tv.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/4vfj605.jpg

http://i18.tinypic.com/688c6sk.jpg

[R3N]

who doesnt!!

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3102/51590249st6.jpg

that's the murcie lp640 btem, not the gallaalalalalardo

[btm]

that's the murcie lp640 btem, not the gallaalalalalardo

really? damn...

oh well, if i had the cash for a 'supercar', then the lambo would be at the top of my list purely on looks alone

[Wraith]

LOL, it is too :)

The Gallardo mentioned above (the super leggera) looks pretty much the same as that, same style rims and rear spoiler....

Dead give away is the scissor doors, Gallardo dosn't have em - even I missed that....:)

[btm]

scissor doors are a good feature, i'd have them

[SIMid]

Okay Ange, think you better get back on the topic. :rolleyes:

RS6 is an awesome car, that sweeet V10. RS4 is another V8 beast I love and wish to drive one day!

http://www.rs6.pl/audi-rs6.jpg
But this Audi is magic, looks sleek and menacing at the same time. :clap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1boudlCsKw

Sounds pretty awesome!

[rjastra]

Same donk as the R8 (Check out the microsite (http://microsites.audi.com/audir8/html/index.php?lang=en). Very impressive)

Or Tiff's (hate the git) test drive (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SkarCTMjdgY)

Doesn't the R8 use the 4.2L V8 from the RS4?

[bornwild]

Doesn't the R8 use the 4.2L V8 from the RS4?

Yeap, the RS6 and S8 use the V10 that's originally used in the Gallardo.

Audi's have become my favourite premium brand in the past 2-3 years. :D:D:D

[bill142]

I see.. A response to BMW shoving a V10 in the M5. You have normally aspirated 8, we stick twin turbo 8. You have normally aspirated 10, we shove turbo 10.

[bornwild]

I see.. A response to BMW shoving a V10 in the M5. You have normally aspirated 8, we stick twin turbo 8. You have normally aspirated 10, we shove turbo 10.

Competition drives the future, wouldn't you agree? :D:D

We get to enjoy, either way. (if our pockets are deep enough; ie. the depth of the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Japan) :D

[Wraith]

Doesn't the R8 use the 4.2L V8 from the RS4?

Yes, that's correct....

But they're going to do a V10 powered model too - I think they're going to call that one the R10....

[Rhino]

Doesn't the R8 use the 4.2L V8 from the RS4?

yeup... my bad.

[bornwild]

Ok, official figures have been released.

V10 Twin Turbo...All new! Not the Lambo one.
Power: 425kW @6250-6700rpm
Torque: 650Nm @1500-6250rpm <-bwahhahahahhaha 5000revs long!!!!! :D
Weight: 2025kg <-Disappointing :(

Performance:
0-100 in 4.6s
0-200 in 14.9s

http://www.netcarshow.com/audi/2008-rs6_avant/

[Tfer]

Ok, official figures have been released.

V10 Twin Turbo...All new! Not the Lambo one.
Power: 425kW @6250-6700rpm
Torque: 650Nm @1500-6250rpm <-bwahhahahahhaha 5000revs long!!!!! :D
Weight: 2025kg <-Disappointing :(

Performance:
0-100 in 4.6s
0-200 in 14.9s

http://www.netcarshow.com/audi/2008-rs6_avant/

I would think it would somehow feel quite solid..... its only 500kgs heavier than the Veccy C..... and heaps more power..... WOOT!!! :D

[Wraith]

Ok, official figures have been released.

V10 Twin Turbo...All new! Not the Lambo one.
Power: 425kW @6250-6700rpm
Torque: 650Nm @1500-6250rpm <-bwahhahahahhaha 5000revs long!!!!! :D
Weight: 2025kg <-Disappointing :(

Performance:
0-100 in 4.6s
0-200 in 14.9s

http://www.netcarshow.com/audi/2008-rs6_avant/

WOW what a beautiful set of base figures to begin with......:)

Weight is up there, but so is the power to counteract it....

No doubt in the World this thing can easily be tuned to pump out heaps more, being twin turboed - what a monster it'll be then :D

[gman]

Funnily enough in a city that is so crowded and really has no where to drive, I have never seen so many Lamborghini's, Ferrari's, Porsche's, Audi RS4's, RS6's, R8's, Maseratti's, even a Bugatti Veyeron as I have in the last 3 weeks. And I've barely been here!!!

So much money being spent up here..As a HK resident said over the weekend, owing a big car isn't a status symbol any more in HK. Now, if you need to buy a lawn mower to have your gardener mow a patch of grass, THATS a status symbol... ;)

[SIMid]

Funnily enough in a city that is so crowded and really has no where to drive, I have never seen so many Lamborghini's, Ferrari's, Porsche's, Audi RS4's, RS6's, R8's, Maseratti's, even a Bugatti Veyeron as I have in the last 3 weeks. And I've barely been here!!!


I thought all cars in Hongkies had to be RHD? ...... unless it's got China plates.

[reedaaron]

thanks for the new wallpapers wraith ;)

lol didn't realise how old this thread was...

[btm]

I thought all cars in Hongkies had to be RHD? ...... unless it's got China plates.

Hong Kong and Macau

Being a former British colony, Hong Kong follows the United Kingdom in driving on the left. Macau, a former Portuguese exclave, follows Hong Kong in driving on the left because most of the RHD cars in Macau are imported through Hong Kong. Macau did not follow either Mainland China in 1946 or Portugal in 1928 in switching to driving on the right.

Under the auspices of the one country, two systems arrangement, traffic continues to move on the left in Hong Kong and Macau, now Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, unlike in the mainland. Most vehicles are RHD and even suppliers for the People's Liberation Army have specially made RHD version vehicles for the garrison to drive in Hong Kong and Macau. LHD exceptions include some buses providing services to and from the mainland. Vehicles registered in Hong Kong and Macau are required to have a special number plate issued by the authorities in Guangdong province to drive legally on the mainland.[17]

There are three road border crossing points between mainland China and Hong Kong. The largest and busiest is Lok Ma Chau (aerial map), which features two separate changeover systems on the mainland side. The next largest is Man Kam To, where there is no changeover system and the border roads on the mainland side simply intersect as one-way streets with a main road. There are two border crossing points between mainland China and Macau. The newer crossing point is the Lotus Bridge, which crosses a narrow channel of sea between the mainland and Macau, and was opened at the end of 1999 (aerial map). The Lotus Bridge was designed to cater for high traffic volumes and features three lanes in each direction as well as a full changeover system on the mainland side, comprising bridges that loop around each other by 360° to swap the direction of the traffic. At the older Macau crossing point, there is no changeover system and the border roads continue with traffic on the left on the mainland side, and simply intersect on to a roundabout. All of these Chinese changeover systems can be viewed in high resolution using Google Earth.

[SIMid]

Hong Kong and Macau

Being a former British colony, Hong Kong follows the United Kingdom in driving on the left. Macau, a former Portuguese exclave, follows Hong Kong in driving on the left because most of the RHD cars in Macau are imported through Hong Kong. Macau did not follow either Mainland China in 1946 or Portugal in 1928 in switching to driving on the right.

Under the auspices of the one country, two systems arrangement, traffic continues to move on the left in Hong Kong and Macau, now Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, unlike in the mainland. Most vehicles are RHD and even suppliers for the People's Liberation Army have specially made RHD version vehicles for the garrison to drive in Hong Kong and Macau. LHD exceptions include some buses providing services to and from the mainland. Vehicles registered in Hong Kong and Macau are required to have a special number plate issued by the authorities in Guangdong province to drive legally on the mainland.[17]

There are three road border crossing points between mainland China and Hong Kong. The largest and busiest is Lok Ma Chau (aerial map), which features two separate changeover systems on the mainland side. The next largest is Man Kam To, where there is no changeover system and the border roads on the mainland side simply intersect as one-way streets with a main road. There are two border crossing points between mainland China and Macau. The newer crossing point is the Lotus Bridge, which crosses a narrow channel of sea between the mainland and Macau, and was opened at the end of 1999 (aerial map). The Lotus Bridge was designed to cater for high traffic volumes and features three lanes in each direction as well as a full changeover system on the mainland side, comprising bridges that loop around each other by 360° to swap the direction of the traffic. At the older Macau crossing point, there is no changeover system and the border roads continue with traffic on the left on the mainland side, and simply intersect on to a roundabout. All of these Chinese changeover systems can be viewed in high resolution using Google Earth.


Even though I grew up in HKG, good history lesson. :p

Just thought the Bugatti was only LHD, hence how it could be registered in HKG.

[gman]

I thought all cars in Hongkies had to be RHD? ...... unless it's got China plates.


Just thought the Bugatti was only LHD, hence how it could be registered in HKG.

Don't mean to be a dick, but....

Your right, I have no f*&#37;$ing idea about the registration laws in HK nor how they work.

I know cars in HK are USUALLY RHD.

I've driven a couple of them while I've been here. I imagine that, as with Australia & other RHD jurisdictions, you can apply to register a LHD drive vehicle under a special dispensation/registration scheme...Then again, as with most things HK, with enough money and the right friends, you can do just about anything

So, on to the question of how to register a LHD Bugatti?

I would have more chance of reciting Homer's (the Greek one, not the yellow guy) epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey on the back of a postage stamp with a bright yellow crayon...

I also didn't have time to ask the guy driving the Black F430 why he got the number plate "Beatles"..

Or to tell the girl driving the convertible Aston Martin last night how cool the "Top Gear" number plate was and how good it sounded...

I just know it was a Bugatti Veyeron (the red badge on the front sorta gave it away. That and the fact it looked like a Bugatti Veyeron), black with silver, with standard HK plates and it is "reputed" to be owned by a HK Property developer with "substantial business interests" in China..

{I take no responsibility for the accuracy of said ownership details as the information was received 3rd hand}....

[SIMid]

I just know it was a Bugatti Veyeron (the red badge on the front sorta gave it away. That and the fact it looked like a Bugatti Veyeron), black with silver, with standard HK plates and it is "reputed" to be owned by a HK Property developer with "substantial business interests" in China..

{I take no responsibility for the accuracy of said ownership details as the information was received 3rd hand}....

Good to see it aint a Merc for a change.

[gman]

Good to see it aint a Merc for a change.

LMAO...there's a million and one of those up here thats for sure......

Should have been a Merc dealer instead of a laywer ;)

[bornwild]

Asians sell the crap cars to us yet they drive Mercs....:D heh the irony

[btm]

Saw an RS4 Vert on sunday... one ****ing hot looking car!