2008 Audi S5
February 28th, 2007
Audi has decided to launch a brand new model series into a highly emotionally charged segment of the market. The Audi A5 successfully combines the acclaimed Audi design language and thrilling dynamic driving performance, and combines generous refinement with the brand’s characteristic quality and sophistication.
The Audi S5 is an extra sporty offering to complete the new series. A powerful V8 FSI engine gives the S5 a dynamic edge, which underscores its athletically accentuated design. The A5 and S5 are available to order from 6 March 2007 with the first vehicles due for delivery from June.
2007 Audi S8
February 5th, 2007
The Audi S8, which is an Audi A8 powered by a Lamborghini Gallardo’s V-10. The Power priorities are different for a luxury sedan weighing more than two tons. The S8’s version has its bore whittled out an additional two millimeters, increasing the displacement from 5.0 to 5.2 liters.
It also has Audi’s direct-injection system, called FSI. Maximum output is down from 493 horsepower at 7800 rpm in the Gallardo to 444 at 7000 rpm in the S8, and torque is up 22 pound-feet (398 pound-feet total), peaking 1000 rpm earlier at 3500 rpm. Interestingly, 444 horsepower is precisely the output of the 12-cylinder engine (the W-12) in the long-wheelbase A8L and 114 more than offered in the base 4.2-liter V-8.
2007 Audi S6
January 24th, 2007
Audi brings its own 10-cylinder contender with the 2007 S6, which is hot on the heels of BMW’s first V10-powered luxury sedan, the 500-hp M5, in 2005. The S6 is basically a high-performance variant of Audi’s midsize A6 sedan.
Using a less potent versoin of the V10 in the previously announced S8, the S6’s 5.2-liter engine produces 420 hp at 6,800 rpm and 398 pound-feet of torque. That’s 70 hp shy of BMW’s M5 engine, but Audi promises more of a bias towards luxury. Audi says the S6 will sprint to 62 miles per hour from a standstill in 5.2 seconds.