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About the car. The 100LS was the first car Audi sold in the US, a FWD sedan and coupe. Not the least bit fast and with pathetic reliability it did ride nice and had pretty decent handling for it's time.
The early models even had front in-board disc brakes with Girling four piston calipers mounted to the CV joint flanges on the transaxle.
It also had a slant angle inline 4 cylinder longitudinal mounted, pushrod with a crossflow head. Porsche took the block and mod'ed it for OHC and used it for the 924 with the same slant mounting.
The follow up was the 5000 which was a entirely new design introduced in 1977 to the states. Audi choose 5000 for the US name since the 100LS had such a bad reputation for reliability, in Europe it was still the 100. When the 5000 got it's unfair reputation from 60 minutes, Audi took the name back to the 100 for the follow-on sedan in the 90's.
After four platforms, Audi went to a new nomenclature A6 in the mid 90's. Despite some hard times in the states, Audi stuck with it and the rest is history like those shorts.
About the car. The 100LS was the first car Audi sold in the US, a FWD sedan and coupe. Not the least bit fast and with pathetic reliability it did ride nice and had pretty decent handling for it's time.
The early models even had front in-board disc brakes with Girling four piston calipers mounted to the CV joint flanges on the transaxle.
It also had a slant angle inline 4 cylinder longitudinal mounted, pushrod with a crossflow head. Porsche took the block and mod'ed it for OHC and used it for the 924 with the same slant mounting.
The follow up was the 5000 which was a entirely new design introduced in 1977 to the states. Audi choose 5000 for the US name since the 100LS had such a bad reputation for reliability, in Europe it was still the 100. When the 5000 got it's unfair reputation from 60 minutes, Audi took the name back to the 100 for the follow-on sedan in the 90's.
After four platforms, Audi went to a new nomenclature A6 in the mid 90's. Despite some hard times in the states, Audi stuck with it and the rest is history like those shorts.
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Yes, the engine is mounted length wise and the transmission attached behind it. IIRC all Audi's have used longitudal mounted drivetrains whereas VW has used both transverse and longitudinal.
Longitudinal allows more room in the engine compartment since the transmission goes past the firewall into the hump between the front foot wells.
Honda/Acura had a longitudinal mounted drivetrain in the 2G Legend, 1G TL , and 1G RL. All had the differential UNDER the engine in order to get the weight distribution and wheelbase longer.
Longitudinal allows more room in the engine compartment since the transmission goes past the firewall into the hump between the front foot wells.
Honda/Acura had a longitudinal mounted drivetrain in the 2G Legend, 1G TL , and 1G RL. All had the differential UNDER the engine in order to get the weight distribution and wheelbase longer.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/o...back-unveiled/
The mean little bruiser will come to the fight with 340 horsepower and 331 pound-feet of torque courtesy of a turbo 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine mated to a seven-speed S Tronic dual-clutch transmission.
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RS3 vs. 1 M? Which would you pick? I didn't know the RS3 would be this serious. Do want 
Cool, you don't see that setup often at all these days.
Yes, the engine is mounted length wise and the transmission attached behind it. IIRC all Audi's have used longitudal mounted drivetrains whereas VW has used both transverse and longitudinal.
Longitudinal allows more room in the engine compartment since the transmission goes past the firewall into the hump between the front foot wells.
Honda/Acura had a longitudinal mounted drivetrain in the 2G Legend, 1G TL , and 1G RL. All had the differential UNDER the engine in order to get the weight distribution and wheelbase longer.
Longitudinal allows more room in the engine compartment since the transmission goes past the firewall into the hump between the front foot wells.
Honda/Acura had a longitudinal mounted drivetrain in the 2G Legend, 1G TL , and 1G RL. All had the differential UNDER the engine in order to get the weight distribution and wheelbase longer.
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Ferrari 365GTBB/512BB the entire gearbox was under the engine. The flat boxer 12 is fairly low and in order to keep the wheelbase short for the long engine the engineers positioned it there.
http://www.ferraricraft.com/topics/ferrari/512/
Some pics of a BB transaxle, beautiful work of art that few seldom see.
Lamborghini Countach has the gearbox in front of the V12 motor and the differential at the back of the motor.
As you could guess, neither of these are easy to work on.
Yes, the engine is mounted length wise and the transmission attached behind it. IIRC all Audi's have used longitudal mounted drivetrains whereas VW has used both transverse and longitudinal.
Longitudinal allows more room in the engine compartment since the transmission goes past the firewall into the hump between the front foot wells.
Honda/Acura had a longitudinal mounted drivetrain in the 2G Legend, 1G TL , and 1G RL. All had the differential UNDER the engine in order to get the weight distribution and wheelbase longer.
Longitudinal allows more room in the engine compartment since the transmission goes past the firewall into the hump between the front foot wells.
Honda/Acura had a longitudinal mounted drivetrain in the 2G Legend, 1G TL , and 1G RL. All had the differential UNDER the engine in order to get the weight distribution and wheelbase longer.
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The RS3 will outperform the 1M stock for stock and tuned for tuned. Tune only 2.5TFSI motors are putting out stupid power(check out APRs web site)
I like the theory of the 1m, but IMO it's not really a true M car. It's the 1 series version of the 335IS(high output n54 instead of single turbo n55)
And i"m dropping off my S4 on monday at the dealership to get the stasis tune. 410 warrantied horsepower, weee!
I like the theory of the 1m, but IMO it's not really a true M car. It's the 1 series version of the 335IS(high output n54 instead of single turbo n55)
And i"m dropping off my S4 on monday at the dealership to get the stasis tune. 410 warrantied horsepower, weee!
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Audi A8 L Security Line is so sicccckkkk
wow.... I'd feel safer in there than the bimmer any day.... ALL wheel drive, ballistic grade materials and loud speakers....
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There are a couple of reasons it's $700k:
1: It takes 450 hours to upgrade to VR7 ballistic protection
2:
3:
By meeting Class VR7 standards the A8L would survive all those too.
1: It takes 450 hours to upgrade to VR7 ballistic protection
2:
During the live fire testing procedure, the IAG Convoy® armored Toyota Land Cruiser withstood over 400 7.62x51mm and 5.56x45mm rifle rounds fired from all angles at all sides of the vehicle, including the windows, roof and rear hatch, in addition to obscure areas such as door seams, pillars, handles and other potential weak points in the armoring. After 5 days of testing, the IAG Convoy® sustained no penetration in the cabin area, effectively neutralizing any ballistic threat up to the CEN B6 level.
Location/Threat
Floor
2x DM51 German Ordinance Hand Grenades
1x HG85 Swiss Fragmentation Hand Grenade
1xDM31 Anti-Tank Fragmentation Land Mine
Roof
2x DM51 German Ordinance Hand Grenades
1x HG85 Swiss Fragmentation Hand Grenade
Side (4 meters from Vehicle)
12.5 KG PETN (17KG TNT Equivalent)
Floor
2x DM51 German Ordinance Hand Grenades
1x HG85 Swiss Fragmentation Hand Grenade
1xDM31 Anti-Tank Fragmentation Land Mine
Roof
2x DM51 German Ordinance Hand Grenades
1x HG85 Swiss Fragmentation Hand Grenade
Side (4 meters from Vehicle)
12.5 KG PETN (17KG TNT Equivalent)
