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"The Audi nanuk quattro concept might have taken us by surprise, but the concept itself (an all-terrain sports car) isn&amp;#039;t that surprising. Do we even need to mention the remarkably similar Parcour? Well, we did anyways.  Let&amp;#039;s get down to the tech, because being capital-letter-challenged isn&amp;#039;t the only difference between the Parcour and the nanuk. They&amp;#039;ve both got a mid-mounted V10, but the nanuk&amp;#039;s burns oil. It&amp;#039;s a TDI, as found in the Touareg. Audi claims 544 hp and 737.56 ft-lbs of twist. Surely that last 0.56 ft-lbs makes a huge difference, but Audi likes to be precise.  The nanuk (that&amp;#039;s an Inuktitut word for &amp;quot;polar bear,&amp;quot; by the way) is slightly heavier than the Parcour, coming in at just under 4200 lbs. Perhaps this is due to the added weight of the V10 TDI and its twin-turbos as compared to the Parcour&amp;#039;s Lamborghini-derived V10 gasoline engine. It&amp;#039;s certainly not due to Audi&amp;#039;s aluminum space frame and composite technology making up the chassis and body, respectively.   This hasn&amp;#039;t seemed to hurt the nanuk&amp;#039;s performance any. Audi claims a 0-62 mph time of just 3.8 seconds and a terminal velocity of 189.52 mph (again, with the decimal places). That&amp;#039;s 0.2 seconds slower to 62 mph slower than the Parcour, and a little less than 10 mph slower. (9.48, to be Audi-precise.)  Offroad chops come from air-bag equipped dampers, 235/50 and 295/45 tires over 22-inch wheels. Rear-wheel steering contributes to a tight 32.81-foot turning radius.  Outside, if I&amp;#039;m being honest, the nanuk quattro is less successful than the Parcour. Where the reverse overhang on the grille and headlights served to make the Lamborghini&amp;#039;s slim lights peer menacingly out, the nanuk looks a little puffy-cheeked and awkward in these photos. The Audi hexagonal grille doesn&amp;#039;t play nicely with the deep front inlets, and the rear fender vent flashing looks tacked on. Perhaps, in person, it&amp;#039;ll look more balanced.  What remains to be seen is why Audi&amp;#039;s chosen to reskin this particular car. Surely all will be revealed in Frankfurt. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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