Final month, Want for Velocity dropped their newest addition for Unbound. Dubbed Vol. 6: Head to Head, that is the primary of 4 updates arriving in 2024, every filled with a complete load of extras together with new gameplay, new options and bug fixes.
However the one additional which us most – and does so with each replace – is the extra new automobiles. Vol. 6 welcomed Audi again into the NFS steady, after initially being absent throughout the launch of Unbound. With three superior fashions added (the S5, R8 V10 and RS6), we thought what higher approach to rekindle our love for Ingolstadt’s biggest export than with a glance again at a few of our favorite Audis featured on Speedhunters.
Naturally, there’s a recurring theme with our selections right here; energy. LOTS of energy.
Contemplating the most recent Audi RS6 and V10 R8 include over 600hp as inventory, chasing much more energy would possibly appear to be a pointless train. However that is Speedhunters in any case, and never Adequatehunters. So let’s dive in, and we’ll see you within the feedback after.
A courageous title to place towards any automotive, however naturally this isn’t your typical Audi S3. It takes all points of tuning and dials them far past 11 and someplace into the stratosphere.
Shot again in 2014, the automotive you see right here was based mostly on a 2006 8P Audi A3 and constructed by Tommy Schönberg of TS-Racing. Packing a five-cylinder boosted motor, energy was quoted merely as ‘over 1,000hp’ whereas the drivetrain used principally Audi RS2 elements which – regardless of being older – have been able to dealing with way more energy.
How a lot precisely? Effectively, on VS Motor’s engine dyno they topped out at 1,150hp at 2.5bar (36psi) of increase. That’s a cool 460hp-per-litre from the five-cylinder, 2.5L motor.
Ten years on, it nonetheless stays one of the crucial spectacular builds we’ve ever featured – much more so as a result of its use was all the time meant for the observe, and never the drag strip.
No Audi listing might be full with out at the very least one Sport Quattro. And on the subject of Quattro builds, David Rowe from EPS Motorsport has paved the way in which for years.
That’s as a result of Dave’s ambition wasn’t merely to only construct a big-power Quattro S1 for enjoyable; his particular aim was to get one again to the Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Climb – an occasion he competed at in 2013, albeit with a 750hp Mitsubishi Lancer Evo.
The idea was to construct a automotive that was true to the Quattro’s retro roots and heritage, however upgraded with fashionable expertise and outfitted with the ability and talent to place in a decent time on the mountain.
By no means has the phrase ‘particulars’ ever been so outstanding with a construct; Dave actually left no stone unturned. In case you have been questioning, Dave did handle to understand his dream by getting the S1 up into the clouds later in 2017. Better of all, the Audi remains to be getting used correctly at present.
800hp In An Audi Drift Automobile
Audi and drifting aren’t two phrases that you just sometimes affiliate with each other. In actual fact, the one Audi in the previous couple of many years to boast rear-wheel drive is the restricted version R8 RWS… not precisely the bottom for a bash-it-against-the-wall drift automotive both.
However over in Japan issues aren’t all the time approached within the ‘conventional’ trend. Which couldn’t be extra completely demonstrated than with Likuta-san’s Audi A5, which first appeared on the 2019 Toyko Auto Salon.
Not solely is that this A5 rear-wheel drive – and boasting DTM-inspired bodywork in addition – however up entrance it packs a frankly ridiculous 7.4-litre, LSX 454R motor pushing 800hp. And that was earlier than the long run plans of twin-turbocharging it to 1,600hp have been underway.
It’s all the pieces we love about Speedhunting – a German automotive inbuilt Japan operating an American coronary heart. It’s definitely not for everybody, however it’s one Audi you’ll always remember.
The 1000.1hp R32-Powered Audi RS4
From the outset, Klaus Peter-Krenmayr’s Audi RS4 seems prefer it falls extra into the stance/present class than it does a efficiency one. Not that we’ve got any problem with this angle when a automotive seems this good, however naturally all will not be because it appears beneath the bonnet of this RS4… because the title instantly provides away.
Gone is the inventory 2.7-litre RS4 V6 and as a substitute one other six-cylinder, albeit a 3.2-litre R32 lump ‘borrowed’ from the VW Golf. In inventory trim this engine solely produces 238hp, however with virtually each element changed or upgraded and a Comp Turbo CT5X fitted, the RS4 made 1,000.1hp and 960Nm of torque at 2.0bar (29.4psi) of increase.
Photographed by Paddy throughout Worthersee 2008, Klaus’s RS4 stole the present that yr and understandably so. As Paddy signed off, “it seems quick. And fortunately, it’s quick too.”
Boosted LM Fashion For The Road
Selecting a last automotive for this listing proved to be fairly tough. So many unbelievable Audi builds have been featured on Speedhunters through the years – together with a complete load of twin-turbo variations which have (in some way) develop into fairly commonplace for R8 tuning in 2024.
However one in every of our favourites was first noticed throughout SEMA 2016 by Dino, and with race-spec aero, two turbos dangling out the again completed off with lashings of carbon and JDM wheels, can you actually blame us sticking it on the listing?
Every part about UAD’s Audi R8 simply oozes cool. The Advan GT wheels fill the carbon arches completely, and in case you’re questioning… sure there’s a nostril carry put in to offer it a sure degree of ‘practicality’.
That’s additionally as a result of it stays road authorized, though we’re not sure simply how completely happy any legislation enforcement can be with the rear of the automotive utterly uncovered and a large diffuser taking on the complete width. Obscene in each method, and that’s why we adore it.
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