Audi A5 Preview - Geneva Auto Show: The Audi A4 is a well-respected action sedan, aggressive with the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes Benz C-Class. But Audi's antagonism with these two cars has consistently had a shortcoming: the abridgement of a auto version. For 2008, Audi will adjust this longstanding absence with the addition of the A5 and S5 coupe. Based on a new belvedere - but still searching a lot like a two-door A4 - the A5 will ample a aperture in Audi's contrarily aggressive lineup. Alms V6 and V8 engines, as able-bodied as foreground or quattro all-wheel drive, the A5 will accompany the accepted arrangement of Audi-ness to the affluence action auto game. It aswell brings with it Audi's signature styling, for bigger or worse.Why it Matters
Luxury action coupes like the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class - not to acknowledgment the Infiniti G35 and accounted Cadillac CTS coupes - don't accomplish up a ample allocation of a accurate vehicle's sales mix. They do accomplish up a ample bulk of cachet though. A auto is beneath applied than a auto - beneath arch room, beneath rear bench room, generally beneath block allowance - so the arduous act of sacrificing acumen for appearance is a luxury. By alms a mid-priced affluence coupe, Audi increases its affluence cachet and aswell gets to acquaint its all-weather quattro adequacy to drivers who would contrarily boutique BMW and Benz showrooms.
What's Under the Hood
The A5 will be powered by a 3.2-liter FSI absolute bang V6 with 265 horsepower. The S5 will get Audi's all-over 4.2-liter V8 engine which makes 354 horsepower. The A5 can be able with a six-speed chiral chiral or a multitronic continuously capricious chiral with chiral control. The S5 is accessible alone with the six-speed manual. Audi's quattro all-wheel drive arrangement is alternative on A5 models, accepted on the S5, and distributes ability with a absence 60 percent traveling to the rear wheels.a
