Official Pics: Audi A5/S5

[Philly]

I think this would be the best place to put this...

Audi RS5 shows up undisguised. More photos here

It looks like they did a pretty good job of making the front look pretty aggressive. But I don't think they changed enough body panels to make it anything special. You need to do more than just makes the front vents look mean to pull off the whole look. And isn't the rear the exact same as the S5?

And is that the TT-RS (or whatever it's called) behind the RS5 in a couple of those shots?

 

[Tommi]

It looks like they did a pretty good job of making the front look pretty aggressive. But I don't think they changed enough body panels to make it anything special.

Me too, I was expecting a little more than that, still good though:tup:

You need to do more than just makes the front vents look mean to pull off the whole look. And isn't the rear the exact same as the S5?

Although we have to remember this is still a test mule and not the finished product, so there could be more to come.

And is that the TT-RS (or whatever it's called) behind the RS5 in a couple of those shots?

Looks quite Likely, at first I thought it was just a TT-S, but at a second look it is also debadged, and is missing the foglights at the front, it is certainly not a standard TT anyhow.

 

[Prosthetic]

It needs huge aggressive body panels like the RS4!

 

[Omnis]

They should do 8-inch flares on the sides.

 

[YSSMAN]

Not bad, not bad. Despite my general apathy towards most Audi products, the A5 is one of the cars I like best. Lets just hope it can run down the M3 this time...

 

[forza2.0]

The A5 never has met the M3 before and the RS4 B7 kicked E46 M3 ass. Anyway above pictures are still a disguised RS5 barring the front bumper. Fenders will be more pronounced.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

I thought they mentioned Audi on Top Gear.

 

[YSSMAN]

The A5 never has met the M3 before and the RS4 B7 kicked E46 M3 ass.

Several problems:

1) The S5 met the M3

2) The M3 handily beat the S5

Maybe the RS5 will come close, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

 

[harrytuttle]

TheCarConnection talks about the possibility of the RS6's twin-turbo V10 in there. I may be wrong, but wasn't the A5 based on the A4, and thus most likely won't have room for a V10, much less one with two turbos? Sounds like it may be limited to the R8/RS4's engine. No bad thing in itself, of course, but not quite the RS car that should follow the RS6.

 

[Tornado]

The A5 was clean sheet, and the A4 was based on it.
I still doubt the V10 would fit, but it does (more or less) fit in the R8, so anything is possible.

 

[Mt. Lynx]

TheCarConnection talks about the possibility of the RS6's twin-turbo V10 in there. I may be wrong, but wasn't the A5 based on the A4, and thus most likely won't have room for a V10, much less one with two turbos? Sounds like it may be limited to the R8/RS4's engine. No bad thing in itself, of course, but not quite the RS car that should follow the RS6.

The "Audi Spaceframe" (chassis) is actually the very same for A4, A5 and A6. I think aswell the Q5 and Q7 share the same spaceframe.
You´ll have to ask the Audi engineers how they acclompish that though, I wouldn´t know.

 

[FT-1]

Hello 8 year old thread. The (apparently) all new Audi A5/S5 has been revealed today:

More information and photos here

 

[AudiMan2011]

Looks pretty much exactly as I'd have expected it to be having seen plenty of the new A4 on the roads.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Headlights look ever so slightly more surprised. I like the three-dimensional quality of the taillights too.

I was wondering when this was going to happen, since the current car is one of the oldest on the road. Still handsome, if a bit boring now that every Audi looks nearly identical.

 

[Ibonibo]

Don't like that ridge on the bonnet.

Keeping the proportions of the old one is a good choice as it was really handsome.

But Audi just doesn't do it for me anymore. Was a huge fan since the 80's (small kid) but now it's disappointement after disappointement. Glad I have an 8J TT with manual, real handbrake and no FB, Twitter, always on....

 

[YSSMAN]

Pretty reasonable upgrade to what I'd largely consider to be the only Audi I'd buy with my own money. A base trim A5 with the 2.0T, Quattro, and a stick still seems like the bang-on right size, performance, style for the money this side of a Camaro or Mustang.

 

[Luminis]

Dunno. Bland as they come, which, I suppose, is largely what Audi does, these days, for most of its line-up.

Not that it's a bad looking car or anything. The previous model wasn't very striking, either, but it had a nice flow to its lines and some of that elegance has, in my opinion, been lost when they made it more angular and sharpened the lines throughout. Audi's design really doesn't speak to me, though, so you gotta take that impression with a grain of salt.

 

[Tornado]

This really has to be some ongoing bet Audi has going. Why else would you implement a corporate design language where every one of their cars is just the previous generation with any interesting features removed?

 

[homeforsummer]

Looks better in the metal (I was on the launch the other day) than it does in pics. Looks better than the previous model too - they had one there and it now looks quite bloated in comparison.

 

[Nico_Ble99]

...but it had a nice flow to its lines and some of that elegance has, in my opinion, been lost when they made it more angular and sharpened the lines throughout.

Gonna have to agree with you. I think the previous A5 was one of the most elegant Audi's I've seen, I really liked the looks of it. Especially of the pre facelift model of the first gen A5, it was a really clean looking car. The new one though has definitely lost some of it`s elegance in my opinion.

 

[Minty]

Audi has always been one of those makes that look a lot better in person than they do in photos. But even still, I can't shake the fact that the hood is just a slightly more angular version of the Ford Fusion's.

Right now I can't really tell if I like it, though. Some of those features seem way too pronounce and break the design apart a little too much. Everything just seems a little too sharp and flowing at the same time, it's all so inconsistent.

 

[Luminis]

Looks better in the metal (I was on the launch the other day) than it does in pics

I might have to change my opinion once I've actually seen it, then. Eventually, at least. We'll see.

At the moment, the only Audi I really like, aside from the R8, is the A3/S3 (and upcoming RS3) Sedan

 

[homeforsummer]

At the moment, the only Audi I really like, aside from the R8, is the A3/S3 (and upcoming RS3) Sedan

I'm far from being a fan of Audis in general, but none of their current range, Q7 possibly excepted, looks too bad. But really the only Audis I've ever been particularly interested in were the A2, and the original TT.

 

[alonsof1fan91]

I might have to change my opinion once I've actually seen it, then. Eventually, at least. We'll see.

At the moment, the only Audi I really like, aside from the R8, is the A3/S3 (and upcoming RS3) Sedan

The new A4 with S-line package and in red colour (Misano Rot) looks really good in person, pictures dont do it justice.

I prefer it to the A5. I like the A3/S3 sedan too, but the facelifted headlights look really weird.

 

[FT-1]

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I think the new A5/S5 looks even better as a Sportback

Source

 

[SlipZtrEm]

New RS5 develops 450 hp from Panamera's 2.9L turbo V6: Source

It's a nice-looking thing (even if we could've guessed what it'd look like the moment the A5 launched). I'm guessing the turbo 3.0L in the S5 isn't long for this world, if there's a 2.9L being adopted elsewhere.

 

[TheCracker]

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New RS5 develops 450 hp from Panamera's 2.9L turbo V6: Source

It's a nice-looking thing (even if we could've guessed what it'd look like the moment the A5 launched). I'm guessing the turbo 3.0L in the S5 isn't long for this world, if there's a 2.9L being adopted elsewhere.

Even though Porsche calls it a 2.9 it's actually a 2995cc so i'd wager it's actually the same engine as the 3.0L that Audi and VW use in everything.

 

[FT-1]

Even though Porsche calls it a 2.9 it's actually a 2995cc so i'd wager it's actually the same engine as the 3.0L that Audi and VW use in everything.

They're different units. One key difference is that the 3.0L uses a single twin-scroll turbocharger, while the 2.9L implements a bi-turbo setup.

 

[Justuxful]

I expected at least a bit more power than the old model, but it's lighter so there's that.

Still, it looks amazing and it will be very quick, can't wait for it to turn up in Forza!

 

[SagarisGTB]

I find that the A5's design manages to combine boring with unpleasant, and this one is no different, just a little more aggressive.

The new VW Arteon (daft name) looks far more attractive to me than the more premium A5, and I'm not sure if that's what VAG wanted.