Performance Preview: Exclusive Look at the B8 S4
11-19-2007, 07:21 AM
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awesome...now i hope "accompanying combined fuel economy rises from 17 mpg to over 20 mpg."
means closer to mid to upper 20s instead of 21...as a benchmark what does the 335 get on the highway?
11-19-2007, 07:36 AM
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This is true...
...if you could boost the 4.2L V8. You can't though for a reasonable amount of money.
Out of the box, I think I would agree with you, the 4.2L V8 would be enough for me, as I have a B5 S4 /w Stage I chip and it felt like everything I needed.
That said, I have a pair of K04's sitting down in my basement to be installed this weekend, which will make the big displacement V8 look like a slouch.
The arguments that people are making about the 2.7T being unreliable, really comes down to a poor choice of turbos for the S4. It would have likely been cheaper even if Audi went with the K04's straight from the factory.
Out of the box, I think I would agree with you, the 4.2L V8 would be enough for me, as I have a B5 S4 /w Stage I chip and it felt like everything I needed.
That said, I have a pair of K04's sitting down in my basement to be installed this weekend, which will make the big displacement V8 look like a slouch.
The arguments that people are making about the 2.7T being unreliable, really comes down to a poor choice of turbos for the S4. It would have likely been cheaper even if Audi went with the K04's straight from the factory.
11-19-2007, 08:13 AM
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Is there a reason why the rendering is based on the regular A4 rather than the S-Line?
If you pay closer attention to the fog light opening:
A4
<img src="http://gallery.audiworld.com/albums/album358/A4070008_medium.jpg">
A4 S-Line
<img src="http://gallery.audiworld.com/albums/album358/A4070021_medium.jpg">
S4
<img src="http://gallery.audiworld.com/albums/album384/awb8s4_1500.jpg">
A4
<img src="http://gallery.audiworld.com/albums/album358/A4070008_medium.jpg">
A4 S-Line
<img src="http://gallery.audiworld.com/albums/album358/A4070021_medium.jpg">
S4
<img src="http://gallery.audiworld.com/albums/album384/awb8s4_1500.jpg">
11-19-2007, 08:23 AM
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It's going to have less power than the B7? I know the engine will be more well-rounded, but...
I'm skeptical they'd replace the outgoing model with one with less peak HP, simply by the reasoning that it looks bad on a spec sheet.
Maybe it'll have 350HP?
I can dream...
Maybe it'll have 350HP?
I can dream...