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A pleasant trot through the countryside in MTM's supercharged RS4

At 20,000 euro, or nearly $25,600, the price for MTM's K540 supercharger conversion may seem a bit steep for most RS4 owners. This is why MTM boss, Roland Mayer, does not expect to sell more than a handful. In the context of the $130,000 Audi R8, however, the tag seems more reasonable, giving Audi's new supercar the kind of grunt that will fend off advances from pushy Ferrari and Porsche drivers. "I fully expect the greatest response to come from R8 owners, and that is the car we will be concentrating on with this supercharger conversion," says Mayer.

Given that the V10-powered R8 is expected to follow a few months behind the V8 model, MTM has a good chance of fulfilling this prophecy.

Car enthusiasts, take note: The British series all about cars, Top Gear, is coming to America. That's been previously announced, but today we can share the news that Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Stromer will be teaming up to host the new NBC incarnation of Top Gear. It just so happens that I was watching Top Gear on BBC America yesterday and it's a fun show; it's not too techie-car show, it's more about the chemistry among the three hosts and the fun, goofy challenges they do that involve cars.

Kumho's engineers must have inhaled tire smoke one too many times. We admit that tires spewing forth colored smoke
from a burnout are kind of neat, but only if a set of the $1995 tires (that's $2K each!) is being melted on some other
guy's car. But tires scented with the aromatic effusion of Lavender and Rosemary? C'mon. Eric has reported back that
they smell like herbs that have been growing in a tire planter. Makes sense.