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Title: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: 12,000 RPM on February 23, 2016, 06:36:08 PM
http://jalopnik.com/audi-is-planning-a-v6-r8-for-2018-report-1760905540 (http://jalopnik.com/audi-is-planning-a-v6-r8-for-2018-report-1760905540)


(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--TY8nwc2t--/i0rtbapji9hikcgpolaj.jpg)

Interesting change. Will probably be a ~400HP 3.0L.
Title: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: SVT666 on February 23, 2016, 07:46:41 PM
So they ditched the sublime V8 for a TT V6? Fuck Audi!
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: Payman on February 23, 2016, 07:58:38 PM
Quote from: SVT666 on February 23, 2016, 07:46:41 PM
So they ditched the sublime V8 for a TT V6? Fuck Audi!

Eh, nobody said that yet.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: SVT666 on February 23, 2016, 09:29:57 PM
Quote from: Rockraven on February 23, 2016, 07:58:38 PM
Eh, nobody said that yet.
They already ditched the V8.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: 68_427 on February 23, 2016, 09:51:19 PM
The I5 rumor would have been cooler
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: CaminoRacer on February 23, 2016, 09:57:52 PM
Quote from: 68_427 on February 23, 2016, 09:51:19 PM
The I5 rumor would have been cooler

TT I5 hell ya
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: Payman on February 24, 2016, 05:29:16 AM
Quote from: SVT666 on February 23, 2016, 09:29:57 PM
They already ditched the V8.

They did? So will it be TT V6 and V10, or just the V6? Don't care either way, because I hate what they've done with this car.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: MX793 on February 24, 2016, 05:50:35 AM
Starting this year, the R8 is V10 only.  Manual transmission is also gone.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: 12,000 RPM on February 24, 2016, 06:03:16 AM
The Gallardo has always been worth the extra money. Now with the R8 moved up in price and that new RWD version the case is even stronger. ~$20-40K for a RWD Lambo over an AWD Audi = no brainer.

I still think they should throw that 2.0T and 2.5T in the back of the TT the next go round. R4 pls!!!
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: Raza on February 24, 2016, 09:52:05 AM
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on February 24, 2016, 06:03:16 AM
The Gallardo has always been worth the extra money. Now with the R8 moved up in price and that new RWD version the case is even stronger. ~$20-40K for a RWD Lambo over an AWD Audi = no brainer.

I still think they should throw that 2.0T and 2.5T in the back of the TT the next go round. R4 pls!!!

I say meh to the Gallardo being worth it over the R8.  I like not being on fire, so I try to stay away from Gallardos, even though they look awesome.

But yes to the R4 idea.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: cawimmer430 on February 24, 2016, 01:32:52 PM
It wouldn't surprise me if there would be a 1.4 TFSI "Economy" model for the European market in the works.  :lol:
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: SVT666 on February 24, 2016, 04:54:26 PM
A Lambo Huracan LP580-2 is the car I would take these days. 

(http://icdn3.digitaltrends.com/image/2016-lamborghini-huracan-lp-580-2-front-angle-970x647-c.jpg)

The TT V6 will suit the new R8 just fine since it's so butt ugly, but the new Ford GT looks amazing and it deserves to have a TT Voodoo instead of the TT V6 it got.  Shame on you Ford.  I don't care if the GT has 700 hp or not, it should have been a V8.
Title: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: MrH on February 24, 2016, 07:31:24 PM
:huh: I like the new R8 a lot more. Better looking by a long shot. Lambos are just over the top and kind of ugly to me.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: Gotta-Qik-C7 on February 24, 2016, 07:48:48 PM
Quote from: SVT666 on February 24, 2016, 04:54:26 PM
A Lambo Huracan LP580-2 is the car I would take these days. 

(http://icdn3.digitaltrends.com/image/2016-lamborghini-huracan-lp-580-2-front-angle-970x647-c.jpg)

The TT V6 will suit the new R8 just fine since it's so butt ugly, but the new Ford GT looks amazing and it deserves to have a TT Voodoo instead of the TT V6 it got.  Shame on you Ford.  I don't care if the GT has 700 hp or not, it should have been a V8.
:hesaid:
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: SVT666 on February 24, 2016, 07:51:11 PM
Quote from: MrH on February 24, 2016, 07:31:24 PM
:huh: I like the new R8 a lot more. Better looking by a long shot. Lambos are just over the top and kind of ugly to me.
You like the new R8 a lot more than the old one???

www.lenscrafters.com
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: Raza on February 24, 2016, 09:15:24 PM
Quote from: SVT666 on February 24, 2016, 04:54:26 PM
A Lambo Huracan LP580-2 is the car I would take these days. 

(http://icdn3.digitaltrends.com/image/2016-lamborghini-huracan-lp-580-2-front-angle-970x647-c.jpg)

The TT V6 will suit the new R8 just fine since it's so butt ugly, but the new Ford GT looks amazing and it deserves to have a TT Voodoo instead of the TT V6 it got.  Shame on you Ford.  I don't care if the GT has 700 hp or not, it should have been a V8.

The Huracan is automatic only, right?
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: SVT666 on February 24, 2016, 09:24:13 PM
Quote from: Raza  on February 24, 2016, 09:15:24 PM
The Huracan is automatic only, right?
Are there any supercars that aren't anymore?
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: 68_427 on February 24, 2016, 10:33:05 PM
The new R8 is god awful ugly
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: Payman on February 25, 2016, 08:36:27 AM
Quote from: SVT666 on February 24, 2016, 09:24:13 PM
Are there any supercars that aren't anymore?

I would take an Evora Sport 410 before any flappy paddle supercar on the market today.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: 12,000 RPM on February 25, 2016, 09:40:23 AM
Quote from: Rockraven on February 25, 2016, 08:36:27 AM
I would take an Evora Sport 410 before any flappy paddle supercar on the market today.
Yea I really dont give a shit about these $200K+ cars

Everything in the Miata to 911 Carrera range is way more relevant + exciting to me.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: Raza on February 25, 2016, 09:46:11 AM
Quote from: SVT666 on February 24, 2016, 09:24:13 PM
Are there any supercars that aren't anymore?

Sadly, I don't think there are. 
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: Payman on February 25, 2016, 10:12:21 AM
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on February 25, 2016, 09:40:23 AM
Yea I really dont give a shit about these $200K+ cars

Everything in the Miata to 911 Carrera range is way more relevant + exciting to me.

I'd still look at a lightly used manual Gallardo or gated shift R8, but no new supercar excites me anymore.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: SVT666 on February 25, 2016, 10:15:56 AM
Quote from: Rockraven on February 25, 2016, 08:36:27 AM
I would take an Evora Sport 410 before any flappy paddle supercar on the market today.
The only new supercars I would ever consider, even if I had the money, are the Huracan LP 580-2 and the F12.  If the Ford GT had a V8, I would consider it as well.  Even if I won the Powerball, I wouldn't go after any of the current crop of supercars outside of he two I mentioned,  I would rather go after an older one like the 2005 Ford GT, the Pagani Zonda, McLaren F1, first gen Audi R8, or Ferrari F355.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: 12,000 RPM on February 25, 2016, 10:31:39 AM
New cars in general are pretty derivative and "board driven". We haven't had an original idea in years... decades maybe.
Title: Re: TT V6 R8 coming
Post by: Raza on February 27, 2016, 06:39:05 AM
Quote from: SVT666 on February 25, 2016, 10:15:56 AM
The only new supercars I would ever consider, even if I had the money, are the Huracan LP 580-2 and the F12.  If the Ford GT had a V8, I would consider it as well.  Even if I won the Powerball, I wouldn't go after any of the current crop of supercars outside of he two I mentioned,  I would rather go after an older one like the 2005 Ford GT, the Pagani Zonda, McLaren F1, first gen Audi R8, or Ferrari F355.

I couldn't see myself getting anything new that doesn't exist in the range of cars that still have manuals, unless I got one purely for track racing. 911, Aston V8 Vantage (hell, I think most of the cars or all in the Aston range are available with a manual), and so on. I could have all the money in the world and I'd still prefer classic super cars over the new computerized ones.