It cannot be said that the 4.2 litre V8 TDI sitting on the shelves at Audi or Volkswagen is an underpowered engine. But MTM have turned in into a motorization monster with titanic torque and they have also released the A8 from its ‘V-Max’ top speed limitation.
No longer fitted with ten-cylinder mills, the big Audi ‘S’ models will be hitting the road next spring with eight-cylinder power plants. But the S6, S6 Avant, S7 and S8 will be already on display at the IAA motor show in Frankfurt.
It was one of the new models to have its première in Geneva but the new Audi A3 has already undergone the attentions of a tuner. In this case it was Abt and they picked on the AS3 model
The obvious gap in the Audi program was much criticised, it was the gap where there should be a hybrid driven automobile. This deficit has now been filled by the Audi Q5 Hybrid, an all-wheel-drive SUV using the latest battery technology and announced for sale at the end of the year for not less than 52,700 Euros.