German Car Zone

Lol ACE.

I spoke the speak to the little one and he told me his mother was lying. He's changed his vote back to the S4.

Things seem to be moving quickly ... I have managed to sell my 2007 S3 to a private buyer and am walking away from the car for my settlement amount. Could not have worked out better.

It was Kev Hall who gmail'ed me earlier this week say they had some testers lined up and were looking for more.

I also see that ABT released their tuning upgrade today which bests the MTM offering. Good times.

My audi dealer is starting to talk the talk, and has allocation of 6 S4's from now until February, with not one of them sold yet. So as a "cash" buyer with no vehicle to trade, I guess I will started pushing hard for some discount.

With the Rand having gained quite a bit, it looks like the S4 could land in SA in August for the launch at a slightly better than expected price.

I could be driving a well specc'd S-Tronic with the drive select and sport diff for around R600k to R620k.

For a 300kw sleeper .... that's my choice over the used M3 E90 pre-face lift.

Bring it on !

The wife has a Freelander II so I guess it's pointless even looking at the Q5 for myself then ... I'd probably be kicking myself in a few months time.

S4 over the m3 anyday. Tuning is still in the early days for the 3.0T. Bet 480hp will be cheap to get.

Here are the details of ABTs 435hp (320kW) B8 S4 tuning offering, I believe it costs EUR 3,800. Still waiting for Revo and others.
Ideally I would like 450hp for under £1,000

sounds like wishful thinking,,, or?

ECU remap and a new exhaust system, but damm is the data impressive!

For € 2491, - you get:
431BHP
maxium torque 515Nm
0-100 km / h in 4.6 s
0-200 km / h in 17.9 s

Nope, MTM's offering is a plug-in software box (and cable) only, the exhaust is separate. 430hp for £1500 in the UK.

Of course, it just wishful thinking at this stage but I think it's very likely that 430 hp will cost under £1000 soon. Which side do you think is unlikely, the 450hp or <£1000?

430hp already costs £1500 from MTM. AMD costs £600 for a remap but they hadn't done a B8 S4 yet when I called them so the final hp is unknown at this stage. There are still tuners that have not finalised their S4 tuning offering. Once more tuners are on the market the prices will come down.

My dealer is so keen to get me into an S4 they've booked me on a free "S" high performance driving course at Kyalami race track for the first week of October in ..... the new S4.

Lol. I love it when they start falling over potential customers like this.

Nice, but don't let is distract you from getting the discount on the S4 itself. Times are tough for car dealers.

Hopefully Audi SA let you utilise the car to it's full potential on the track. I have been to a couple of Audi Driving Experience events in the UK at Silverstone. They really let you thrash the crap out of their cars (RS4, S6, TTS, S5 and R8), unlike some other driving experiences. I went to one with a Lambo LP640 where you were hardly allowed to take the car above 4000rpm, so it was more like a Lambo 240 when I drove it. Porsche are also pretty good about letting you thrash their cars at the Porsche Driving Experience centre.

once revo do their magic on the new S4 450hp for under 1000 will be possible just about imho.

£1000 will get the cupra from a listed 240 to 330-340hp.