Chris Harris proved that it is a worthwhile effort to spend a few bucks on an engine remap, especially if the car in question is an Audi S4, powered by a supercharged V6 engine.
Now, featured for the first time on Tuned, alongside usual host Matt Farah, Harris hands over the keys to his German estate over to the much larger built American, while he plays catch-up in a Porsche Cayman, which is not the S, and it is bashed for being too slow.
The aim of the video is to discover which would be better to own: the Audi estate, that has been tuned to 415 hp, or the light and nimble Porsche that handles telepathically, but doesn’t have enough power to make corner exits easy. However, nobody would really take Harris’ S4, simply because it is by far the most beaten up and dirtiest cars I have ever seen in an internet video about driving cars.
Still, the argument is a valid one. Would you have a slightly tuned estate over a purpose-built sports car that is slower but more engaging to drive? It is basically the same kind of thinking involved in buying a Toyota GT86/Subaru BRZ over a hot version of a run-of-the-mill estate, but at a higher level, in terms of financial strain on the buyer.
As a side note, I think this video is more of a test to see how Matt and Chris would work together onscreen – it’s not really your usual episode of Tuned…
By Andrei Nedelea
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