> Horses To Spare: H&R Creates Audi HS650 Nardo

German suspension specialist H&R Springs is hosting a special guest on its stand at the annual fall show here: the Hohenester HS650 Nardo.



The Gaimersheim-based tuning house works on various Volkswagen Group marques but has a special affinity for Audis. It shows in the HS650 Nardo, which is being billed as the world's fastest A4. (Of course, it's fitted with H&R coil-over shocks.)

Alfons Hohenester has blowtorched the 3.0-liter V6 with the addition of twin turbochargers, jacking output to 650 horsepower and torque to 531 pound-feet. The HS650 Nardo bursts from zero to 60 mph in less than 3.4 seconds and has a top speed of 214 mph.