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Click above for a high-res gallery of the clubsport quattro Last year at the W? rthersee tour, VW and Audi threw red meat to the fans in the form of the Audi Clubsport quattro concept and the VW Golf GI W12 650. Each was awesome in its own way, and now VW Audi has set a precedent. For the W? rthersee 2008, Audi had already announced it would be bringing the A3 DI clubsport quattro concept. oday, it drops shoe No. 2 by revealing a much more production-oriented version of the clubsport quattro. his is the same car that was spied out in the open last week. Officially, it s still a concept. Realistically, you know this thing s going into limited production. he 08 edition of the clubsport follows in the 07 show car s footprints. Like its forebear, it packs 300 horsepower underhood presumably from a FSI four . hat juice is directed to all four wheels via quattro AWD with Audi S tronic i.e. Audi-ese for DSG handling shifts. Nineteen-inch wheels shod in 35-series rubber are tucked under the clubsport s widebody kit. Up front, you ll find DRLs and a blacked-out grille, while out back you ll find a diffuser integrated in the bumper. Speedster humps sit beside the roll hoops and the chopped windscreen incorporates little baby A-pillars to help create a near-wraparound look. hat s also your giveaway that this is a production car -- do you really think Audi would have bothered engineering a second version with real pillars if it didn t plan on selling it? Inside, the black interior is accented with plenty of aluminum and orange leather accents. At the end of its press release, Audi tells us Small-series production of this model cannot be ruled out. Well, duh, guys. You ve just come out with a refined concept of a concept. You couldn t telegraph this any more if you wanted to. We look forward to seeing this Audified speedster redux in showrooms and the Autoblog Garage at some time in the not-very-distant future.

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he Volkswagen and Audi crew are blowing up this year s Worthersee GI meet in Worther Lake, Austria, first with the introduction of the A3 DI clubsport quattro concept and damn-near production version of the clubsport quattro, and earlier today with the unveiling of the Scirocco G24. But VAG isn t stopping there. hey ve taken the wraps off of an Emeril-inspired Passat design study that kicks the already spicy R36 wagon up a notch. he 300-hp, 3.6-liter V6 remains, but the stock exhaust has been upgraded with a new cat-back unit sporting larger tailpipes. he front brakes have also been swapped out in favor of larger Brembo six-piston units and the wheels are 20-inchers pulled from the ouareg R-Line. All the chrome trim has also been removed and replaced with pieces that match the Passat s Moonlight Blue hue. Inside, race-ready Recaros replace the softer buckets found on the standard model, and they match the two-tone, black-and-white steering wheel, shift boot and even seat belts quite nicely. Volkswagen has made it clear that the Passat R36 Variant Styling Study is exactly what its name would imply, but don t be surprised to find some of these custom bits available through VW s Individual program in the future.

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