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zerinVR6
11-05-2006, 06:24 PM
November 5th, 2006


http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/1068/medium/UZ8L8837.jpg
2007 Audi S6 (http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=20605&cat=1068)

(http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=1069)

Story by Dubspeed Driven Associate Editor, Wes Grueninger
Photos courtesy of Audi

It was one of those perfect moments, on the backroads of Quebec. The driver tapped a paddle on the rear of the S6’s steering wheel, selecting a gear two lower than the one he was in. The engine management blipped the throttle open to rev-match the downshift, all ten cylinders making their presence known. He transitioned smoothly into the corner, the big Audi digging in as it traced the contour of the road in a perfect arc, the tactile impulses transmitted through the steering wheel letting him know exactly the surface of the pavement underneath. At the proper moment, his hands pointed the nose of the car through the exit of the curve as he stomped the accelerator down. The sound told the tale, the V10 booming and growling its way towards redline, as the S6 finished its follow-through path and squirted off into the distance.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t the one doing the driving.

Read the rest of this review » (http://www.speedsportlife.com/2006/11/05/dubspeed-driven-first-drive-2007-audi-s8-s6)

YellowJacketTT6
11-05-2006, 07:16 PM
these > ANY BMW

fastceli00
11-06-2006, 11:21 AM
I would be all over that S8 if the cash flow existed. I think that the M5 is superior in some ways but it has met its match in terms of refinement and curb appeal.

Mobil1
11-06-2006, 11:32 AM
I want to see the 650ftlb turbo diesel stuffed into one of these cars.

Isnt there a twin turbo RS variant of the S6 due out?

VashThaStampede
11-06-2006, 11:42 AM
http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/1069/thumbs/UZ8L8331.jpg

this is the Gallardo motor, right? Audi snatched it back.

YellowJacketTT6
11-06-2006, 12:30 PM
I want to see the 650ftlb turbo diesel stuffed into one of these cars.

Isnt there a twin turbo RS variant of the S6 due out?
try over 700lb in the TDI Q7... twin-turbo V12 diesel

Rybo
11-06-2006, 12:40 PM
http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/1069/thumbs/UZ8L8331.jpg

this is the Gallardo motor, right? Audi snatched it back.

yea its bigger and it doesnt rev as high

VashThaStampede
11-06-2006, 12:52 PM
nice.. hopefully audis will begin having a better following here, would love to see the kind of insane builds that have been prevelant in Europe for over a decade

wsterndez
11-06-2006, 01:31 PM
yea seriosuly had a friend trade in his audi for a tl

sherpagoodness
11-06-2006, 01:32 PM
yea its bigger and it doesnt rev as high

plus direct injection