

German automaker has officially revealed the new Audi RS5 Coupe which should become the main rival BMW M3 Coupe. Developed by Audi’s quattro GmbH division, the RS5 Coupe makes use of a revised version of the 4.2-liter V8 engine found in the previous RS4. The new RS5 will go on sale in Europe this Spring with a base price of around €77,700.
Power comes from a 4.2-liter V8 that produces 331 kW (444 hp / 450 PS) and 430 Nm (317 lb-ft) of torque. It is coupled to a seven-rate S tronic transmission which allows the 1,725 kilogram (3,803 beat) sedan to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 4.6 seconds, before topping out at an electronically limited 250 km/h (155 mph). If that isn’t swiftly enough, Audi can delete the alacrity limiter to enable the car to hit 280 km/h (174 mph). Despite this immense performance, the RS5 only consumes 10.8 liters of gasoline per 100 km (21.78 US mpg).
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Comparing to the 354 hp 4.2-liter V8 in the S5 (which will quickly be replaced by a supercharged 3.0-liter V6), the RS5 engine features friction reduction technology and a new exhaust system.
To enhance the car’s treatment, Audi installed a new crown-gear center differential. The self-locking crown-gear “can broadly contrast the distribution of torque between the front and rear axles. If crucial, up to 70 percent can course to the front or as much as 85 percent about the tail end.” When addition footing isn’t mandatory, the piece has a 40:60 rear-biased configuration. According to Audi, “This new differential operates with electronic torque vectoring, which affects all four wheels. If one of the inside wheels becomes imbalanced while the vehicle is at its operational limits, then the practice vaguely decelerates the turn to avert helm spin. This outcome in excessive traction on the one hand while generating a yaw instant which aids cornering.”
Other performance tweaks enter a revised braking routine (ceramic carbon-fortitude brakes are voluntary), a modified electronic stabilization series (which can be crooked off completely), and a recalibrated hurry-needy servotronic steering order (dynamic steering is elective).
The 2011 RS5 styling features an aggressive body kit, a cheap ride height (20mm/0.79″ slash the Audi A5), and 19-creep five-beam alloy wheels (20-inchers are elective). Other highlights contain twin oval exhaust pipes (which are integrated in the rear cushion), a large diffuser, and a rear spoiler which automatically extends at 120 km/h (75 mph) and retracts at 80 km/h (50 mph).
Interior upgrades over the standard A5 Coupe’s include a pair of sport seats, a sport steering wheel with perforated leather, red needles on the gauges and decorative inlays made of carbon fiber.
Those facts put to infamy the M5‘s and M6‘s 5.0-liter purely aspirated V10 that generates 507HP and 520Nm or 383-lbs/ft of summit torque. Nevertheless no need to unease as from what our sources tell us, the new twin-scroll turbo V8 will return the V10 in the next generation M5 and M6 models. For the first time in a BMW M shape, the X5M’s and X6M’s V8 is knotted to a 6-speed M Sports Automatic transmission with full automatic mode as well as M driving mode. Both models retain BMW’s intelligent xDrive all-turn-drive order, still it has been revamped to distribute more influence to the rear wheels.
In provisos of performance, both M models accelerate to 100 km/h (62mph) from a standstill in 4.7 seconds and achieve an electronically limited top tempo of 250km/h (155mph) or 275km/h (171mph) with the optional “M Driver’s Package.”
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BMW’s M divide engineers have also performed upgrades on the X5‘s and X6‘s suspension complex as well as on the Dynamic Performance Control, the Servotronic steering scheme and the brakes which now thresher four-piston fixed calipers at the front with hanging calipers at the rear, with internally-vented and better discs.
Cosmetic changes are frequent for both models. On the scarce they include a new bodykit that consists of new front and rear bumpers, rocker panels, aspect gills, courtyard exhaust tail pipes and 20-inch alloy wheels. Inside, the X5M and X6M facet the usual M-branded sport steering veer and leather seats as well as a revised instrument panel.
Audi has begun to preparing the new Q3 compact SUV for the year 2011. The German automaker went around the world survey for the ultimate locate to produce the Q3 and will be manufactured at the Spanish firm’s Martorell factory outside Barcelona. The US was considered as a possible additional manufacturing site for the vehicle but subsequently a verdict on that was put on ice while Audi takes cognisance of untaken economic conditions.
The 2011 Q3 will be the nominal SUV in the Audi durable and it will connect the existing big Q7 which is assembled in Slovakia and the mid-sized Q5 which is manufactured in Ingolstadt, Germany. Audi says the Q3 will be a coupe-like five-door vehicle with the ground clearance and turn size normal of a SUV. It is Audi’s comeback to the upcoming BMW X1.
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“We are with on this Spanish site’s efficiency, the brilliant attribute of the Production department, and its kindly educated wand,” said Audi board chair Rupert Stadler. “We will use the Group’s synergies to hone our competitive bank and help safeguard around 1,200 jobs. The decision furthermore safeguards workplaces at other Audi locations.”
A calculate investment of around €300 million is being made in the Q3. Total yearly production aptitude is 80,000 units.
The new Passat Lingyu has a wheelbase that is actually 9.1 centimeters longer than the regular Passat, gift more rear freedom, but without making the car feel as though it is massive. Thus, the troupe says, the car is a good wealth when being chauffeured, or, when winning it out for an outing. Making it more enjoyable are the reworked engines now being used. The corrupt 1.8-liter four-cylinder turbo gets a bump in horsepower to 163, up from 150. At the same time, engineers were able to lower fuel consumption by near 10%, using 6.5 liters of fuel per 100 km.
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Engines’ lineup has not been changed: the 2.0-liter and 2.8-liter V6 engines. New consumers can also want between a refined 5-speed manual or automatic gearbox.
The photo above comes from the persons at German car magazine Auto Motor und Sport that demand in their article that is the ‘sequence account’ of the 200EX view. From our point of view, apart from the never before seen outdoor paint, we couldn’t boil any differences between the 200EX and the Ghost. The Geneva Show 200EX view wasn’t much of a belief so go table.
Rolls Royce‘s new “entrance-height” luxury sedan that features a new 6.6-liter turbocharged V12 engine transfer over 507 horsepower with 8-speed automatic transmission. The car will go on sale in the 2010 and will be the main rival new vehicles such as the 2010 Mercedes-Benz S-Class and the Bmw 7-Series.
Talking about wings, take Ueli Anliker dressed Mercedes‘s supercar in a detailed bodykit that makes ASMA’s tuning proposals look like a work of art. And let’s not reason about the interior. The Anliker McLaren SLR 999 Red Gold Dream made its unveiling at this week’s at the Swiss tuning show Auto Emotionen (April 24 to 26). We can say more about it, but… just look at it at the gallery below…
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