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As a profession, there's a very long list of cars on sale in Europe that we can't buy which us auto journo types nevertheless constantly rattle our (virtual) pens over. From the
Volkswagen Scirocco to the
Honda Civic Type R to the 300+ hp
Ford Focus to the
Citroen C6, total and complete absence makes the heart grow fonder -- as well as providing an easy, brainless way for us to end
all stories about said forbidden fruit. I mean imagine reading this line, "The BMW M5 Wagon sports a 507 hp 5.0-liter V10 and can run up over 200 mph with the limiter removed. Leave it in Germany!"
That said, there are a few cars that we really
do want. As in, when we get together after hours on a press launch with some free booze and
really start talking cars, these are the vehicles we pine for. For instance, as nifty as the Ford Focus RS is, we get to drive around in the MazdaSpeed3 often enough -- we'll live. But the aforementioned M5 Wagon? Gotta have it. Or the RS4 Avant? Mommy please. Or the Citroen C6? Or, perhaps best of all, the twin-turbo V10 Audi RS6 Avant? Oh man -- could you imagine? So yes, it's true -- all automotive journalists secretly (and not so secretly) spend their lives lusting after mega-horsepower wagons. Now you know how unreasonable and silly we all are.
Oh, yeah -- almost forgot. MTM just took their tuned 702 hp
RS6 Avant to the annual Nardo High Speed event, and it blew the doors off all the other cars, two-door sports cars included. How fast? 344.2 km/h. Translated into something us 'Mericans can understand: 214 miles per hour. Can we get a dang?
DANG! Full results appear next month in
Auto Motor und Sport -- we'll keep you posted.
[Source:
MTM]
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