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Mercedes-Benz USA With a base price of $94,900, the 2012 car gets a new engine too: a twin-turbo, 5.5-liter V8, replacing the previous 6.2-liter unit.

Ripping the Old Model to Shreds 2011

At its heart is a midmounted 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8 flat crank and dry sump, naturally outputting 592 horsepower and 443 torques through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox lubricated with something blessed and wonderful, the Dalai Lama's dandruff, maybe.

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The car has neither the range (nominally 125 miles), the acceleration (just under 8 seconds to 60 mph) nor the top speed (100 mph) of the twin-turbo V12 Phantom.

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The 2012 car gets a new engine too: a twin-turbo, 5.5-liter V8, replacing the previous 6.2-liter unit.

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Inevitably, Audi will stuff the guts with the VW Group's twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8, as well as a dual-clutch automatic, a torque-vectoring rear axle and the adjustable air suspension, and call the result the S7.

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While the e-Rolls is down on horsepower compared with the twin-turbo V12 453 hp, torque is up to 589 pound-feet, 58 more than the gasser.

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Yes, it has a twin-turbo pushrod V8, eight-speed transmission, a steering wheel, a windshield, tires.

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Delta has a 1910cc 4-cylinder twin-turbo diesel engine that produces 190BHP power @ 4000RPM, and 294 lb-ft of torque @ 2000RPM.

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BMW The BMW 1 Series M Coupe weighs in at not quite 3,400 pounds, with a twin-turbo 3.0-liter in-line six delivering 335 hp and 332 pound-feet of torque.

BMW 1M Coupe 2011

The roar from the 5.5-liter, twin-turbo V8 sounds like the opening of the Morganza Spillway.

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