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03-03-2007, 07:03 PM
What Edmunds.com Says:Audi is about to give BMW something to worry about with a coupe version of its well-received concept.
What We Know: Audi will be setting a small record of sorts by putting all three of the concepts that it debuted at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show into production. With the Pikes Peak transforming into the Q7 SUV and the Le Mans supercar appearing as the R8, the company has also given the green light to a midsized coupe based on the Nuvolari quattro concept. Johan De Nysschen, head of Audi in the U.S., told Inside Line that the A5 will be positioned above the current A4 Cabriolet when it debuts late next year and it will use Audi's 4.2-liter FSI V8. Three different transmissions will be offered: manual, automatic and DSG and all of them will send power through a quattro all wheel drive system. Not much ground breaking news there, but de Nysschen also told us that the A5 would introduce an all-new chassis design for Audi that would eventually filter through every other model in the lineup. Unlike current Audi models which hang their engines forward of the front axle, the A5 will put its V8 directly over the front axle center line. This will not only give the A5 better balance, it will allow Audi to meet pedestrian crash safety standards without resorting to ridiculously ill proportioned front end designs. De Nysschen also confirmed that a cabriolet version of the A5 would follow about a year after the coupe's fall 2007 U.S. launch.
dont know how accurate their sources but here is to hoping...
What We Know: Audi will be setting a small record of sorts by putting all three of the concepts that it debuted at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show into production. With the Pikes Peak transforming into the Q7 SUV and the Le Mans supercar appearing as the R8, the company has also given the green light to a midsized coupe based on the Nuvolari quattro concept. Johan De Nysschen, head of Audi in the U.S., told Inside Line that the A5 will be positioned above the current A4 Cabriolet when it debuts late next year and it will use Audi's 4.2-liter FSI V8. Three different transmissions will be offered: manual, automatic and DSG and all of them will send power through a quattro all wheel drive system. Not much ground breaking news there, but de Nysschen also told us that the A5 would introduce an all-new chassis design for Audi that would eventually filter through every other model in the lineup. Unlike current Audi models which hang their engines forward of the front axle, the A5 will put its V8 directly over the front axle center line. This will not only give the A5 better balance, it will allow Audi to meet pedestrian crash safety standards without resorting to ridiculously ill proportioned front end designs. De Nysschen also confirmed that a cabriolet version of the A5 would follow about a year after the coupe's fall 2007 U.S. launch.
dont know how accurate their sources but here is to hoping...