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allonblack
Dec 9, 2004

Yes, you.

Purple Haze PS3 posted:

350hp to the front wheels? Just give it awd already... :smith:

The RS used to be AWD but they scrapped that with the current generation.

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allonblack
Dec 9, 2004

Yes, you.

mobby_6kl posted:

[beaten like a fwd econobox with too much power]
Not all RS cars were AWD though, even the "proper" ones. The original Escorts as well as the early Sierras were RWD, IIRC. It doesn't bug me too much that they kept the original layout, just that it's FWD with 350hp.

Oh well, maybe there is going to be Focus RS Cosworth with 4-500hp and AWD.

Well fuckadoo, I stand corrected. For some reason I had it in my head that the Focus RS *used* to be AWD. I see now that that's incorrect.

allonblack
Dec 9, 2004

Yes, you.

japtor posted:

Forgive my car ignorance, but what exactly defines a shooting brake? Is it like a hatch-ified coupe, or do they have a more specific design cue like the (relatively) squared off roofline or something?

It is in fact a "hatch-ified" coupe with a squared off rear end.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake

allonblack fucked around with this message at 11:11 on Jan 22, 2011

allonblack
Dec 9, 2004

Yes, you.

eames posted:

Looks like the S1 is getting closer to production:

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/17/audi-s1-caught-testing-likes-wearing-a1-clothing/
(with regular A1 bodywork in the pictures)

270 hp and AWD sounds crazy and would probably make it faster than the 1M. I would have expected ~225 hp for the S1 (and then maybe a 270 hp RS1).

It's a shame we'll never see it on US shores. I'd buy one of those in a heartbeat if in fact it had the 270hp that Autoblog claims, no one else however is quoting that number for the regular S1.

el topo posted:

The Subaru wheels you mention are just Oz wheels, really...

Actually if I'm not mistaken they're the older STI Spec C wheels which are made by Enkei.

allonblack fucked around with this message at 14:59 on May 18, 2011

allonblack
Dec 9, 2004

Yes, you.

Faceless Clock posted:

Why would you willingly pay for the torture that is matte paint?

This is a bit like asking a woman why she would wear high heels. The answer is the same really, "Because it's sexy".

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