"We want to get away from incorporating a reference to engine capacity in our models," he said.
The well-worn phrase: his expensive tastes ran to fast cars simply whets the appetite for examples of the expensive tastes and the makes and engine capacity of the fast cars".
If you asked my father about cars, he could have told you everything from the engine capacity to the diameter of the wheel arch on every vehicle he ever owned.
Because the Formula One rules limit the engine capacity and the maximum revs, the only way to increase engine performance and power is to have better combustion and to reduce friction losses in the parts, therefore reducing fuel consumption.
There is also a huge range of upgrades that a prospective owner can choose from: increased engine capacity and power output, a five-speed gearbox, power steering, vented brakes, even air conditioning.
That, according to Ulrich Baretzky, Audi Sport's head of engine technology, is because downsizing of engine capacity while maintaining power is the way of the future in road car technology.
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