First one

[Noodles 4.2]

[plotloss]

What was that about facile?

Matt.

[Bodo]

Are we allowed to gass about GOLFS here?
it has so much in common with TTs and A3s

:ducksforcover:

[plotloss]

In a vague attempt to discuss something slighty related to Audi on this inaugural post.

The Avus, should they have produced it?



Matt.

>> Edited by plotloss (moderator) on Thursday 30th January 23:22

[farmboy]

Powered by a 6.0 litre 60v 12 cylinder engine with the cylinders arranged in three banks of four cylinders, and producing 509bhp.

Audi claimed that it would propel the Avus to a staggering top speed of 211 mph and a 0-60 time of 3 seconds.

Does anybody know if the engine was actually made?

If so, what happened to it?

[plotloss]

3 banks of 4 cylinders, if its the same engine its currently residing in the new A8 6litre, VW Phaeton and the Bentley Continental GT.

Matt.

>> Edited by plotloss (moderator) on Thursday 30th January 23:35

[agent006]

Some AVUSes do exist, not sure if tehy move without assistance however. There was one at Goodwood a few years back, albeit nailed to a bit of metal 40foot off the ground.

There's one in a dealer somewhere in the world too. Might be the same one though?

[plotloss]

The one at the motorshow in the early 90's had a wooden chassis and had no engine...

If they had put the W12 in it though, what a car!

Matt.

[Yertis]

plotloss said: The one at the motorshow in the early 90's had a wooden chassis and had no engine...

If they had put the W12 in it though, what a car!

Matt.

Yep - typical Audi - great body, great engine.... wooden chassis.

(except for the ur-quattro, of course)

[marki]

Yes Matt they should have made it , it was way ahead of its time ,,, and now they are nancying around with lambo Bugatti , the Avus is still an awesome looking car

[Thom]

plotloss said: 3 banks of 4 cylinders, if its the same engine its currently residing in the new A8 6litre, VW Phaeton and the Bentley Continental GT.

Isn't it 4 banks of 3 cylinders (two VR6 engines bolted together) instead?

>> Edited by Thom on Saturday 1st February 10:52

[plotloss]

Thom said:

plotloss said: 3 banks of 4 cylinders, if its the same engine its currently residing in the new A8 6litre, VW Phaeton and the Bentley Continental GT.

Isn't it 4 banks of 3 cylinders (two VR6 engines bolted together) instead?

>> Edited by Thom on Saturday 1st February 10:52

Yeah it might well be Thom, that sounds more logical...

Matt.

[ahonen]

Mmm. Avus.

There was a more realistic two seater called the Spyder (?) on show at about the same time, which was also fabulous. I think it even had fairly conventional quattro underpinnings. I remember an orange one and a greeny/blue one, I think.

[joust]

[R&J]

[R&J]

plotloss said: In a vague attempt to discuss something slighty related to Audi on this inaugural post.

The Avus, should they have produced it?



Matt.

>> Edited by plotloss (moderator) on Thursday 30th January 23:22

[zax]

agent006 said: Some AVUSes do exist, not sure if tehy move without assistance however. There was one at Goodwood a few years back, albeit nailed to a bit of metal 40foot off the ground.

There's one in a dealer somewhere in the world too. Might be the same one though?

I saw an Avus at an Audi dealer in Stockholm back in 2001. Don't know if it actually worked, as far as I could tell they weren't offering test drives Got a picture somewhere, looked very nice indeed...