Thelma & Louise to join in the fun...........

RTE Radio 1's Derek Mooney Show has announced that regular show contributor, Brenda Donoghue and RTE weather girl, Nuala Carey have been chosen to drive the Mooney car in the upcoming cannonball.ie run.

The lucky duo with travel the 600 km journey over three days in an Audi TTRS which has been loaned by Audi Ireland for the charity run. Brenda will have to be poker face like in order to keep the ferocious German coupe which produces 340 bhp and has a top speed of 250 km/h between the cats eyes on the winding roads across the country.

Co-driver, Nuala will be charged with keeping tabs on the onboard sat nav and tuning the wireless to RTE Radio 1 !

The public are welcome to attend the set-off from Merrion Square on Friday, September 11 @ 9.30 am

Audi to unveil RS3 in Frankfurt

The article quoted here is from the Swedish edition of Auto, Motor & Sport, and they claim to have a source inside the Ingolstadt-based Audi who says the RS3 is coming soon.
Audi has not yet officially unveiled an RS3 but we can let loose our imaginations, can't we?
An RS3 will most likely come with Audi's 2.5 liter, 5-cylinder turbocharged engine first seen in the TT RS. That engine produces 340 hp and 450 Nm of torque. It will also be a strict quattro (all-wheel drive). The Swedish mag is also speculating that an RS3 variant of that engine may be dialed up a little and feature anywhere from between 350 to 400 hp, making the model faster than an R8 with the 4.2 liter FSI engine.
If there is going to be an RS3, the Frankfurt motor show next month would be the ideal place to premiere it and that's what the Swedes at Auto, Motor & Sport are saying.
Looks like we will just have to wait until then !"