{"id":544620,"date":"2010-04-27T11:31:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T15:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=18824"},"modified":"2010-04-27T11:31:51","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T15:31:51","slug":"audi-getting-closer-to-decision-on-carbon-ceramic-brakes-for-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/544620","title":{"rendered":"Audi Getting Closer to Decision on Carbon-Ceramic Brakes for the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Audi-R8-V10-carbon-ceramic-brakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18825\" title=\"Audi R8 V10 carbon-ceramic brakes\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Audi-R8-V10-carbon-ceramic-brakes-440x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audi is still looking into offering carbon-ceramic brakes on U.S.-market cars, and the prospects look good. Currently, the extra-cost discs are available elsewhere on the R8, as well as on the not-for-our-shores RS6. We&#8217;re told to expect the grabbier brakes as soon as the 2011 model year, and our guess is that the R8 will be the first model to benefit. The RS5, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/reviews\/car\/10q2\/2011_audi_rs5-first_drive_review\">we&#8217;ve just sampled<\/a>, gets optional carbon-ceramics, but only up front. The car has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/car\/10q2\/audi_rs5_confirmed_for_u.s.-car_news\">confirmed for U.S. sale<\/a>, and should arrive here by the end of 2012\u2014with or without the brakes as an option.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also learned that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/reviews\/car\/09q2\/2010_audi_tt_rs_coupe-first_drive_review\">TT RS<\/a> should eventually arrive here, equipped with the six-speed manual, hopefully before the RS5 lands.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/toyota-acknowledges-software-problem-with-2010-prius-brakes\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Toyota Acknowledges Software Problem with 2010 Prius Brakes'>Toyota Acknowledges Software Problem with 2010 Prius Brakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/audi-turns-100-and-brings-some-cool-metal-to-the-party\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Audi Turns 100 and Brings Some Cool Metal to the Party'>Audi Turns 100 and Brings Some Cool Metal to the Party<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/next-audi-a8-pushed-back-plus-audi-plans-for-2010-and-beyond-car-news\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Next Audi A8 Pushed Back, Plus Audi Plans for 2010 and Beyond &#8211; Car News'>Next Audi A8 Pushed Back, Plus Audi Plans for 2010 and Beyond &#8211; Car News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audi is still looking into offering carbon-ceramic brakes on U.S.-market cars, and the prospects look good. Currently, the extra-cost discs are available elsewhere on the R8, as well as on the not-for-our-shores RS6. We&#8217;re told to expect the grabbier brakes as soon as the 2011 model year, and our guess is that the R8 will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6407,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6407"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}