Audi V-12
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I'm also amazed at what is considered "off road" nowadays. I've driven range rover classics for years and absolutely love the trucks, even with all their problems. There aren't many places I would be uncomfortable taking a classic rover. They were designed for off road. My current 05 f250 is a different beast. I don't think it was designed primarily for off road. It is a lot stronger and faster than my old classic. It also doesn't need constant input from the driver to keep it on the straight and narrow on the highway.
I think it would be kinda hard to design something for high speed and handling and at the same time be great off road.
I think it would be kinda hard to design something for high speed and handling and at the same time be great off road.
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Originally Posted by 05ccsb
I think it would be kinda hard to design something for high speed and handling and at the same time be great off road.
Look at the suspensions on a lot of the Baja racers, and then look at how much the whole vehicle's cost. Very few "average Joe" customers have that kind of coin just laying around.
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We're getting a little away from the original topic and more toward SUV's in general. My original point was why put this engine in a SUV?!! Given this engine's heritage, why not put it to use in one of their cars? Audi makes some nice cars. Put the V-12 in a coupe to compete with some of the other performance coupes out there, like the BMW 650i, Mercedes SLK or CLS (even though the CLS isn't really a coupe) or even a sedan. Maybe make a bigger version of that sweet new R-8 to fit that massive 6.0L. About the only thing a SUV with that much power is going to be able to do is go fast in a straight line (and even then, they'll limit it's top speed to 130MPH). I don't care what type of suspension they give that SUV, it's still not going to able to use the potential of that engine to whip through mountain roads, or around any corners for that matter. And you can imagine how much fun an emergency maneuver would be at a freeway speed of 80MPH, even with some type of stability control.
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