RS4 Plus...???

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RS4 Plus...???

Post by CliveH » Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:51 pm

I called into my local Audi dealer yesterday to buy a few mundane parts (a total of £17.63!).

I got chatting to the Parts Manager, who knows me well, and I asked if they were able to source any parts for the B7 RS4 yet, and he proceeded to show me that he could even price me up the turbos, yes the TURBOS!!!

He also confirmed the speculation about the RS4+, but maybe it's just wishful thinking.

So what do you make of that guys...?
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Post by dummi » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:04 pm

not trying to offend but maybe he's a little confused, but like you i really hope he's right!

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Post by DavidT » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:17 pm

Bloody hell, get back in there Clive, we need details mate.

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Post by shineydave » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:39 pm

didn't it mention supercharging in the original brochure?? maybe there's some truth in what we all thought was a faux pas?
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Post by MartynC » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:01 am

My brochure for the new RS4 states it has front air ducts 'for the supercharged V8 engine'.......bit of a drop off in such a fine brochure,.....or is it??

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Post by Merlot » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:35 pm

Its a pretty busy engine bay already. That's why they put the battery in the boot.
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Post by PhilT » Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:30 pm

There's an explanation behind the mistakes in the brochure..... Bits got lost/added in the translation and the proof readers 'overlooked' those points.

I can assure you that they are mistakes and not indications of what is, was, or supposed to have been.
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Post by shineydave » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:03 pm

.......one for Mulder and Scully methinks
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Post by CliveH » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:39 pm

hmmm...interesting...

Well the German word for "supercharger" is "Supercharger" (all nouns have capital first letters), so I wonder what was lost in the translation there...?

The parts list I was shown definitely showed 2 turbos (not a supercharger) - aha! so that's what's lost in the translation - maybe the word supercharger was used in the more generic sense.

Phil - do you have access to the original German text?
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Post by Jezzer » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:50 pm

I thought Kompressor was German for Supercharger as shown on Mercedes cars. :?
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Post by Jezzer » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:58 pm

Looks like MTM have already decided that the 4.2 V8/414 BHP isn't going to be quick enough and have decided to go their own route with superchargers/kompressors

http://www.mtmfrance.com/news/index.php
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Post by Taipan » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:41 am

Jezzer wrote:Looks like MTM have already decided that the 4.2 V8/414 BHP isn't going to be quick enough and have decided to go their own route with superchargers/kompressors

http://www.mtmfrance.com/news/index.php
"mtmfrance" is a privately-funded local licensee of the german MTM brand.

As for all local distributors (ie. not fully-owned subsidiaries), there could be translation issues so you may want to double-check directly with the real MTM company in Germany.

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